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Pray4YBL & WBL
With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known...
Come, Ye Thankful People
Come, Ye Thankful People - Alistair Begg Devotional from Truth For Life
Pray 4 YBL & WBL
Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise, give thanks to Him; bless His name, for the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting, and His faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:4-5 Pray For YBL & WBL Directors Pray for YBL and WBL...
Act Like Men
Act Like Men | Desiring God
Generosity is Courage – Rob Genin
By: Rob Genin This year at YBL, we have been exploring the meaning of courage. We have foundationally said courage is “obeying Jesus when it is hard”. However, there are a lot of different situations in life where we are called to trust and obey God, and they do not...
The Neglected Ministry of Specific Encouragement by Blake Glosson
Words are powerful tools. You can likely remember specific comments that have impacted you, whether positively or negatively. As sinners it's tempting to allow selfish thoughts to rule our minds, but if we take the time to truly consider others, God can use our...
Weekly Advent Devotionals
It's easy to get lost in the busyness of the holidays, but we encourage you to set aside some time to prepare your heart for Christmas. Below is a series of Advent devotionals for each week leading up to Christmas. We pray this may be a useful resource to focus your...
Godly Habits Can Get Us Back on Track by Darryl Dash
If you’re feeling fatigue from the effects of the pandemic, politics, work, etc., you are not alone. The circumstances you face can affect all aspects of life, and it’s easy to get lazy and apathetic about spiritual discipline when other areas of life seem to...
Have You Been Deceived? Three Warning Signs
Have you ever been deceived? It’s frustrating, often painful, and sometimes embarrassing. Most of us have trusted someone only to find out they were less than honest with us. So, who can you trust- especially when it comes to the most important issues in your life,...
Waiting
Waiting is tough! We wait in line. We wait in traffic. We wait at the doctor’s office. We wait, and we wait, and we wait…Many find themselves waiting on God right now. Waiting on God is sometimes a painful process for us as days turn in to weeks, weeks turn in to...
Complacency
Complacency is defined as self-satisfaction, especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. In some reading last week, I came across the following quote by A. W. Tozer: “Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth.” For...
Managing Stress in a Healthy Way
Everywhere you turn you see people that are stressed out. You can see it on their faces and hear it in their voices. Job and financial situations, family and marriage struggles, even everyday life is filled with stress these days. The times that we are living in...
Connected
Our ministry theme in Jackson for 2021 is “Connected.” By definition the word “connected” means brought together or into contact so that a real link is established, to be joined or linked together. Our prayer is that 2021 will be a year where our businessmen are more...
Do I Have Anything to be Thankful For in 2020?
It’s definitely a question on the minds and hearts of many as we celebrate Thanksgiving 2020. For many, 2020 has been a train wreck. From COVID, to political and rational tensions…2020 has been tough. I was on vacation last week. It was a great week of relaxation,...
Empathy
“Empathy doesn’t judge what others feel. It understands what others feel.” – Dan Rockwell This quote by Dan Rockwell really grabbed my attention. I began to look inward and do a little self-evaluation on the subject. As I continued to process the quote, I underline...
Growing in our Prayer Life
For the last couple of years, our YBL Jackson small groups have engaged in growing in our prayer life. It has been great to hear the stories of men that have seen God move in incredible ways as they have prayed faithfully to the Lord. So…why would I write a blog on...
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