Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.  Psalm 91:13,KJV   The old King James text of Psalm 91 talks about the lion, the adder and the dragon and it says that you, as … [Read more...] about The Lion, the Adder, and the Dragon

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.  Ephesians 1:6, King James Version    C.S. Lewis, described as the "apostle to the skeptic," once wrote that when errors come into the world … [Read more...] about How to Think About Yourself

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | The brothers there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these men Paul thanked God and was encouraged.  Acts 28:15    Have you had the … [Read more...] about Help for Discouraging Days

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | The King will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”  Matthew 25:40    H.A. Hodges, was a brilliant student at Oxford University in Britain.  Hodges was an … [Read more...] about How to Live a Lifestyle of Service

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.  Jeremiah 29:13   "God Goes Online," read the title of an article carried in the newspaper,The Wall Street Journal, nearly two decades ago.  Yes, a quick search for … [Read more...] about How to Find God

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23   He was highly educated, one of the most prestigious and powerful of his society, and he used that power ruthlessly. By today’s standards, we might … [Read more...] about Can God Change the Human Heart

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? (Matthew 5:46).   Almost any major city of the world today is shrouded in a pallor of smog and pollution that stings your eyes, … [Read more...] about What Makes Religions Toxic?

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6   Ask any teen: What’s the biggest influence in your life and you might expect them to answer “friends” or “social media!”  And the parents … [Read more...] about Discover the Most Important Thing in Your Teens Life

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | ...take up His cross daily and follow... Luke 9:23 "Then he said to them all: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me'" (Luke 9:23).  Who was this one to make such a bold statement? He's … [Read more...] about What Does It Mean to Deny Yourself?

Speaker: Bonnie Sala | Series: Guidelines For Living | In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:33   Ernest Hemingway once said that "courage is fear that has prayed!" If he's right, then a man in Zamboanga has that kind of stuff.  … [Read more...] about What Faith Lived Out Looks Like