Rod Stallings

1 One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires;he rebels against all sound wisdom. (Proverbs 18:1 CSB) When I feel depression closing in on me I tend to withdraw within myself. I do not want to burden others when I feel this way but it serves to just make people think I am angry. Mostly because … Read more

15 I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. (John 17:15-16 CSB) We were not placed here to simply exist within this world. In fact as we are not of … Read more

3 the Lord appeared to him[a] from far away.I have loved you with an everlasting love;therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you. (Jeremiah 31:3 CSB) Consider meeting Christ. If we believe we have felt His love here on earth, we cannot come close to imaging how much greater we will feel it when we get … Read more

3 Though an army deploys against me,my heart will not be afraid;though a war breaks out against me,I will still be confident. (Psalm 27:3 CSB) Have you ever felt like it was you against the world? I know I sure have. My confidence was shaken and I found myself in a pit of despair. In … Read more

2 ….How can we who died to sin still live in it? (Romans 6:2 CSB) Habits are hard to break. No matter what you do on a regular basis that ends up being repetitive in your life you can be assured that you have formed a habit. For good or ill, these things tend to rule our … Read more