Posted on November 17, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I once read an article by an atheist describing the serenity he felt as he overlooked a beautiful valley while drinking a cup of coffee. The point he was trying to make was that Christians do not have a monopoly on peace. He was… Continue Reading “Choosing Calm in the Storm”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Absence of Conflict, Calm, Contentment, Faith, Fruits of the Spirit, God, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lasting Peace, love, Peace, Peace of God, peacemakers, Prince of Peace, Rest, Safe, Salvation, Shalom, Sleep well, Stay Calm, Storms of Life, Tranquility, True Peace, Trust
Posted on October 13, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As I pulled up to the stop light in a Dallas suburb, I mumbled under my breath, “Right, left or straight?” The word “right” lingered in my mind, so I made the turn. My knuckles were white clinging to the steering wheel, and every… Continue Reading “Choosing to STOP and LISTEN”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Blind faith, Desperate for God, Divine Direction, Faith, God is Alive, God is Good, God is Real, God loves me, God loves you, God Speaks, God the Communicator, God's Guidance, Goodness of God, Guidance, Guidance of God, Hearing God, Hearing God's Voice, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Direction, Hope, Jesus Christ, Jesus is Alive, Listen, Listening, Living by Faith, love, Slow down, Still Small Voice, Trust God, Trusting God, Voice of God, Walking by Faith, Word of God
The first time I remember contemplating the word “adultery,” I wondered why it was called that. My conclusion, as a child, was that it was a word to describe the many things that adults do. Though I did not understand it, at the time,… Continue Reading “Choosing to Recognize My Adulterous Heart”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adulterous, Adulterous Generation, Adultery, Affair, Boy Friend, Cheating, Cheating Heart, Commitment, Committed, Covenant, Extra-marital, Extra-marital affair, Faith, Faithful, Faithfulness, Fling, Girl Friend, God, Holy Spirit, Hope, Husband, Infidelity, Jesus Christ, love, Loving Relationship, Marriage, Marriage Covenant, Married, Open Marriage, Partner, Playing the Field, Self-Sacrifice, sex, Surrender, Surrendered, Trust, Tryst, Unfaithful, Wandering Heart, Wife
Posted on August 11, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I like to feel good. It’s a basic urge within me to chase happiness wherever I think it can be found. My country’s Declaration of Independence affirms the pursuit of it to be an inalienable right. When I imagine myself in a happy state,… Continue Reading “Choosing Something Other than Happiness”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Changed Perspective, Comfort, Comfortable, Cry, Delight, Delighted, Enjoy, Excited, Faith, Fruit of the Spirit, God, God's Presence, Grief, Happiness, Happy, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Joy, love, Miserable, Misery, Mourn, My Life Sucks, New Perspective, Out of Control, Peace, Perspective, Pleasurable, Pleasure, Rejoice, Relationships, Sad, Sadness, Suffer, Suffering, The Cross, Uncomfortable, Weep, Weeping
I was attending college in Southern California when I had my first discussion with a Muslim about the nature of God. He was from Iran, highly intelligent and very polite. After listening to my stumbling words trying to explain the Holy Trinity, using my… Continue Reading “Choosing a God Who Knows How to Love”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: 3 in 1, Arian Heresy, Arianism, Arius, Athanasius, Athanasius against the world, Beliefs of the Church, Core Christian Beliefs, Council of Nicea, Faith, Go to Heaven, God is a Relationship, God Is Love, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Hope, I believe in the Trinity, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus the Son, love, Nature of God, Nicene Creed, Relational God, Right beliefs, Salvation, Serious about Christianity, Three In One, Trinity, Triune, Triune God, Unitarianism, Why I believe in the Trinity
I traveled quite a bit when my children were young. I led outreach teams to foreign countries and could be gone for several weeks at a time. We didn’t have a lot of money, and so when it came to bringing gifts home to… Continue Reading “Choosing Treasure Not Easily Seen”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appetities, Blind, Can't See, Christ, Dividends, Eternal, Eternal Dividends, Eternally Wealthy, Eternity, Faith, Future, God, Happiness, Happy, Heavenly Father, Hidden Treasure, Hidden Value, Hidden Values, Holy Spirit, Hope, I can't see, Immediate Gratification, Invest, Investments, Jesus, love, Open Eyes, Physical Appetites, Redeem, Redemption, Salvation, See, Seeing Eyes, Self Indulgment, short-term, Short-Term Happiness, Short-term mindset, Temporal Pleasure, Treasure, True Wealth, Values, Wealth
A college philosophy class many years ago pushed me to think about what the word “good” means. I used the word all the time. In fact, everyone around me used it continuously to describe things they liked or approved of. But what did we… Continue Reading “Choosing to Love What is Good”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appearances, Fruit of the Spirit, God, Godliness, Good, Good behavior, Good Gifts, Good God, Good Heart, Good Motives, Goodly, Goodness, Goodness of God, Heart Intentions, Heart Motivation, Heart Purity, Heart Transformation, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Intentions of the Heart, Is God Good?, Kindness, Looks, Looks Good, moral, Motivations, Nice, Pure Heart, Righteousness, The Good, The Right Stuff, Ultimate Good, virtue, virtuous
Posted on July 10, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was sure I heard God’s voice. “Take your family to Romania.” It had been that clear in my mind as I prayed, and it was one of the outreach options for our YWAM training school. My wife had prayed and agreed, and we… Continue Reading “Choosing Guidance from God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advice, Circumstances, Direction from God, Direction in Life, Directions, Divine circumstances, Divine Guidance, God's Instructions, God's Timing, God's Voice, Guidance, Harbor Lights, Hearing God's Voice, Holy Spirit, Inner Witness, Internal Witness, Life Decisions, Logos of God, Rhema of God, The Bible, Voice of God, Wise Advice, Wise Counsel, Word of God, Word of the Lord
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