Live Delivered Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:05:09 -0500 https://livedelivered.com en-us © 2026 Live Delivered yes bf3b1473-90aa-5c28-8fcc-baa7ec8a1083 Allen Forte episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Allen Forte https://storage.buzzsprout.com/2tm0z6wslvdppm294c80pbbhoyx5?.jpg Live Delivered https://livedelivered.com Listen For What God Says Listen For What God Says Listen for what God says more than for what you want to hear Him say.

]]> Listen for what God says more than for what you want to hear Him say.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18766996 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0600 279 full false Who Are You Listening To Who Are You Listening To God is not hear to have us change what He believes.  He is here to change what we believe about Him and about the world.

]]> God is not hear to have us change what He believes.  He is here to change what we believe about Him and about the world.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18724104 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0600 273 full false Dying to Enjoy Dying to Enjoy When you deny yourself the things that are pleasurable to life you will learn to enjoy more of the pleasures of life.

]]> When you deny yourself the things that are pleasurable to life you will learn to enjoy more of the pleasures of life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18684520 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0600 294 full false Unimaginable Understanding Unimaginable Understanding When we cannot understand the impossible, the Lord gives us unimaginable understanding to keep moving forward.

]]> When we cannot understand the impossible, the Lord gives us unimaginable understanding to keep moving forward.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18640245 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0600 274 full false Now You Know Now You Know Your belief should take you to a place of obedience.

]]> Your belief should take you to a place of obedience.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18601749 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0600 278 full false Fear and Belief Fear and Belief Man wants your fear so he can have control of your actions.

]]> Man wants your fear so he can have control of your actions.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18563455 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0600 277 full false Choose Fair and Just Choose Fair and Just We are all inherently equal.  Let's choose to be Fair and Just towards one another.

]]> We are all inherently equal.  Let's choose to be Fair and Just towards one another.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18525111 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0600 352 full false What Others See In You What Others See In You If you don't care about what others see in you, they will not care about what they see in you.

]]> If you don't care about what others see in you, they will not care about what they see in you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18484742 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0600 331 full false God's Perfect Knowledge God's Perfect Knowledge We darken things around us when we talk but we don't know what we are talking about.

]]> We darken things around us when we talk but we don't know what we are talking about.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18441688 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0600 415 full false Belief and Trust Belief and Trust Belief in the Lord saves you.  Trust in the Lord helps to transform you.

]]> Belief in the Lord saves you.  Trust in the Lord helps to transform you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18420027 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 03:00:00 -0600 271 full false Christmas 2025 Christmas 2025 He gave us what we needed even when we didn't know we needed it.

]]> He gave us what we needed even when we didn't know we needed it.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18413222 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 03:00:00 -0600 288 full false Who Knows You Who Knows You It is better to build your life on who knows you more than on who you know.

]]> It is better to build your life on who knows you more than on who you know.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18392322 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 03:00:00 -0600 284 full false Shed Your Old Life Shed Your Old Life The Lord does not put polish on your old life; He gives you a new life so you do polished things.

]]> The Lord does not put polish on your old life; He gives you a new life so you do polished things.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18349058 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 03:00:00 -0600 331 full false Unalienable Authority Unalienable Authority We need no authority to be the children of God that He wants us to be.

]]> We need no authority to be the children of God that He wants us to be.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18310646 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 03:00:00 -0600 410 full false Change Your Perspective Change Your Perspective If you want to see others as they really are, look at how the Lord really sees you.

]]> If you want to see others as they really are, look at how the Lord really sees you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18270125 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0600 290 full false Thanksgiving 2025 Thanksgiving 2025 Being unthankful is a quick way to bring about our end. Don't be in a rush.

]]> Being unthankful is a quick way to bring about our end. Don't be in a rush.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18251223 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0600 196 full false Watch and Pray Watch and Pray A weak flesh is the target of a strong Spirit.

]]> A weak flesh is the target of a strong Spirit.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18236612 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0600 289 full false He Still Is He Still Is Give what is dying of your to the Lord and He will bring to life that which death wants of yours.

]]> Give what is dying of your to the Lord and He will bring to life that which death wants of yours.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18196559 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0600 302 full false Put off so you can put on Put off so you can put on Believers should freely put off the old life nonbelievers fight to keep.

]]> Believers should freely put off the old life nonbelievers fight to keep.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18117104 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 02:00:00 -0600 320 full false Your Generosity Your Generosity A heart of generosity is what should move our acts to give.

]]> A heart of generosity is what should move our acts to give.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18074336 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0500 290 full false Stronger with Shaking Stronger with Shaking Don't be shaken by the things that come to shake you.

]]> Don't be shaken by the things that come to shake you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-18033402 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0500 328 full false Sowing Reaping Gleaning Sowing Reaping Gleaning You can be filled when you glean the best of your life for the treasure of others.

]]> You can be filled when you glean the best of your life for the treasure of others.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17995515 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0500 301 full false Do you want what He wants for you? Do you want what He wants for you? The quickest way to get the Lord to act on your desires is for you to stop acting on your own desires.

]]> The quickest way to get the Lord to act on your desires is for you to stop acting on your own desires.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17956411 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0500 298 full false Freedom from doesn't mean freedom to Freedom from doesn't mean freedom to We must learn the cost to be free to do as we like means we come to be free from the need to do as we please. 

]]> We must learn the cost to be free to do as we like means we come to be free from the need to do as we please. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17916204 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0500 293 full false Fall for Understanding and Never for Foolishness Fall for Understanding and Never for Foolishness Learn to base your opinions on the facts and not on your feelings.

]]> Learn to base your opinions on the facts and not on your feelings.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17877807 Sun, 21 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0500 325 full false Our Expectations Our Expectations We should learn to place our expectations for man on the Lord and not on man.

]]> We should learn to place our expectations for man on the Lord and not on man.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17837544 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0500 284 full false A Changed Life A Changed Life You cannot live a changed life while you hold onto the life you do not want to change.

]]> You cannot live a changed life while you hold onto the life you do not want to change.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17800756 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0500 258 full false A Repentant Fruit-bearing Life A Repentant Fruit-bearing Life An unchanged life cannot produce the fruit of a believing life.

]]> An unchanged life cannot produce the fruit of a believing life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17760584 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0500 390 full false Introduce Your Sorrows to Your Joy Introduce Your Sorrows to Your Joy Never allow your sorrows to speak for your joy.

]]> Never allow your sorrows to speak for your joy.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17721778 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0500 252 full false The Way Out The Way Out The way out of the evil that is before you is to put the Lord before all that is against you.

]]> The way out of the evil that is before you is to put the Lord before all that is against you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17681220 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0500 272 full false Fight Against Foolishness - Especially Your Own Fight Against Foolishness - Especially Your Own The foolish at heart will live lives of foolishness.

]]> The foolish at heart will live lives of foolishness.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17645916 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0500 320 full false Are you a Blessing? Are you a Blessing? The Lord blesses you so that you are a blessing in the places where you live, work, and play. 

]]> The Lord blesses you so that you are a blessing in the places where you live, work, and play. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17605319 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0500 279 full false An Eternal Will An Eternal Will Jesus has left each of us the best of Himself in His eternal Will.

]]> Jesus has left each of us the best of Himself in His eternal Will.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17560657 Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0500 250 full false It is well It is well No matter what may come my way, with the Lord I will always say, it is well with my soul.

]]> No matter what may come my way, with the Lord I will always say, it is well with my soul.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17531151 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0500 273 full false Drawn by our needs Drawn by our needs The Lord will find you when you search for Him with your whole heart.

]]> The Lord will find you when you search for Him with your whole heart.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17495015 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0500 245 full false All Came To Pass All Came To Pass Don't just live with His promises.  Learn to live in His promises

]]> Don't just live with His promises.  Learn to live in His promises

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17454079 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0500 284 full false Eternal Thinking about Your Carnal Circumstancaes Eternal Thinking about Your Carnal Circumstancaes You life will follow your thinking.  Learn to develop your eternal thoughts through your carnal circumstances.

]]> You life will follow your thinking.  Learn to develop your eternal thoughts through your carnal circumstances.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17413189 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0500 258 full false When It's Your Turn to Listen When It's Your Turn to Listen You make it difficult for you to be heard when you don't know when it's your turn to listen.

]]> You make it difficult for you to be heard when you don't know when it's your turn to listen.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17374859 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0500 252 full false Father's Day 2025 Father's Day 2025 Father's love your children.  Children, honor your fathers with your respect.

]]> Father's love your children.  Children, honor your fathers with your respect.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17338537 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0500 207 full false Freely Receive and Freely Give Freely Receive and Freely Give Learning to receive and to give freely develops in us the deepest meaning of Christ.

]]> Learning to receive and to give freely develops in us the deepest meaning of Christ.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17298460 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0500 208 full false Moments at the Well Moments at the Well Encounters with the Lord that leave the heart burning.

]]> Encounters with the Lord that leave the heart burning.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17295497 Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0500 94 full false He Will Ease Your Mind He Will Ease Your Mind When we are troubled, we cannot see the bright light shinning in the middle of our darkness.  Jesus must ease our minds so we can see clearly.

]]> When we are troubled, we cannot see the bright light shinning in the middle of our darkness.  Jesus must ease our minds so we can see clearly.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17220826 Sun, 25 May 2025 03:00:00 -0500 350 full false When evil looks like it is good When evil looks like it is good God is always looking to help the many by helping just one.

]]> God is always looking to help the many by helping just one.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17136599 Sun, 11 May 2025 03:00:00 -0500 323 full false When The Lord Cannot Speak to us When The Lord Cannot Speak to us People will not speak to you when they know you will not listen to anything they have to say. 

]]> People will not speak to you when they know you will not listen to anything they have to say. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17093708 Sun, 04 May 2025 03:00:00 -0500 307 full false Uncover It Uncover It When you uncover the reasons you disbelieve, you can learn to believe what you didn't believe before. 

]]> When you uncover the reasons you disbelieve, you can learn to believe what you didn't believe before. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17049158 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0500 255 full false Resurrection Sunday 2025 Resurrection Sunday 2025 He is Risen!  He did not stay dead!!

]]> He is Risen!  He did not stay dead!!

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-17006897 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0500 238 full false Submit and Resist Submit and Resist The devil cannot overcome the person God has claimed for Himself.

]]> The devil cannot overcome the person God has claimed for Himself.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16967937 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0500 287 full false Rob Yourself of This Rob Yourself of This When you rob yourself of the things others would steal from you, things will go your way even if you don't get your way

]]> When you rob yourself of the things others would steal from you, things will go your way even if you don't get your way

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16922670 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 03:00:00 -0500 308 full false Correction for when you are right Correction for when you are right Don't be so set in your ways that you miss out on living in the Way of the Lord.

]]> Don't be so set in your ways that you miss out on living in the Way of the Lord.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16881724 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0500 237 full false Finding the Lord Through Fear Finding the Lord Through Fear The Lord does not want us to fear Him.  Perhaps more than that, He is fearful we may not know Him like we should.

]]> The Lord does not want us to fear Him.  Perhaps more than that, He is fearful we may not know Him like we should.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16841744 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0500 218 full false Hear Him Hear Him When we learn to hear the Lord, we will hold our opinions while we stand firmly on His positions. 

]]> When we learn to hear the Lord, we will hold our opinions while we stand firmly on His positions. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16798024 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0500 304 full false Living Under God's Authority Living Under God's Authority We must first choose to live under the authority of God if we wish to really understand the Word of God.

]]> We must first choose to live under the authority of God if we wish to really understand the Word of God.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16756651 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 04:00:00 -0500 279 full false Desires and Will Desires and Will Perhaps trading your will for His will for you is the best expression of your free will.  Free will frees you from the bondage you are held to when you live by your will alone. 

]]> Perhaps trading your will for His will for you is the best expression of your free will.  Free will frees you from the bondage you are held to when you live by your will alone. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16716297 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0600 263 full false Wise and Understanding Wise and Understanding Smarter choices come more easily when you are wise enough to wait for understanding you do not have.

]]> Smarter choices come more easily when you are wise enough to wait for understanding you do not have.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16675191 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0600 340 full false He Did Not Stay Dead He Did Not Stay Dead Because Jesus did not stay dead, believers in Him will not stay dead either.

]]> Because Jesus did not stay dead, believers in Him will not stay dead either.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16626301 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0600 303 full false The Sufficiency of Grace The Sufficiency of Grace The Grace of the Lord is always there to heal our hurts or to carry us through the things that hurt.

]]> The Grace of the Lord is always there to heal our hurts or to carry us through the things that hurt.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16587514 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0600 269 full false Run to Him Run to Him God is eternal thus He can have no beginning nor any end.

]]> God is eternal thus He can have no beginning nor any end.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16545840 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:00:00 -0600 255 full false Taking Advice - Listen to People Smarter than you Taking Advice - Listen to People Smarter than you When you listen to people smarter than you are, you will become smarter than you are.

]]> When you listen to people smarter than you are, you will become smarter than you are.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16461205 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0600 273 full false The Test The Test The Lord will test what you can become more than what you know.

]]> The Lord will test what you can become more than what you know.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16419981 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0600 268 full false How great is the little we know How great is the little we know The more the Lord reveals to us about ourselves, the more we can know Him.

]]> The more the Lord reveals to us about ourselves, the more we can know Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16382485 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:00:00 -0600 333 full false New Year's Day 2025 New Year's Day 2025 Don't go into the New Year carrying baggage you don't need for last year.

]]> Don't go into the New Year carrying baggage you don't need for last year.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16349602 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0600 321 full false Christmas 2024 Christmas 2024 The Baby Jesus - Savior of the World

]]> The Baby Jesus - Savior of the World

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16322774 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0600 362 full false Living A Reflective Life Living A Reflective Life If you never learn to reflect on how you live, you may end up living in rebellion to the things of God.

]]> If you never learn to reflect on how you live, you may end up living in rebellion to the things of God.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16280261 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0600 482 full false The Bigger the Battle The Bigger the Battle The bigger the problem you face in the Lord, the bigger the Lord shows up in your problem.

]]> The bigger the problem you face in the Lord, the bigger the Lord shows up in your problem.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16198008 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 03:00:00 -0600 308 full false Your Passover Your Passover The Lord will bring you out of a life without Him so that He can bring you into life with Him.

]]> The Lord will bring you out of a life without Him so that He can bring you into life with Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16162963 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:00:00 -0600 311 full false What is in your Eyes What is in your Eyes What you think and feel cannot be the standard for what is right and wrong for yourself or for others.

]]> What you think and feel cannot be the standard for what is right and wrong for yourself or for others.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16119018 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 03:00:00 -0600 332 full false His Appreciation - Veterans Day 2024 His Appreciation - Veterans Day 2024 When the Lord appreciates you, He shows it to others.

]]> When the Lord appreciates you, He shows it to others.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16076598 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:00:00 -0600 282 full false This is our Moment This is our Moment The freedom from ourselves is the greatest freedom we could have.

]]> The freedom from ourselves is the greatest freedom we could have.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-16037113 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 02:00:00 -0600 481 full false Recognize Your Unbelief Recognize Your Unbelief Unbelief is the inability to disbelieve that your circumstance will never change for the better.

]]> Unbelief is the inability to disbelieve that your circumstance will never change for the better.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15995832 Sun, 27 Oct 2024 03:00:00 -0500 300 full false The Garden of Your Life The Garden of Your Life When you allow God to plant His garden into your life, He will nurture and keep your life just as He would all things in the garden.

]]> When you allow God to plant His garden into your life, He will nurture and keep your life just as He would all things in the garden.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15954072 Sun, 20 Oct 2024 03:00:00 -0500 289 full false The Kingdom of Heaven The Kingdom of Heaven This is what the Kingdom of Heaven is Like.

]]> This is what the Kingdom of Heaven is Like.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15915243 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 03:00:00 -0500 288 full false Only a Living God can do that Only a Living God can do that We are of no real value until we are claimed by God the Father.

]]> We are of no real value until we are claimed by God the Father.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15874773 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 03:00:00 -0500 330 full false What Are You Looking For What Are You Looking For Before looking for answers to your needs, seek the One who has all the answers to your questions.

]]> Before looking for answers to your needs, seek the One who has all the answers to your questions.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15832855 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0500 318 full false How About That How About That The Lord will never speak to your feelings.  He will always speak to the persons you are.  You must control your feelings.

]]> The Lord will never speak to your feelings.  He will always speak to the persons you are.  You must control your feelings.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15792319 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0500 405 full false Clouds with no rain Clouds with no rain Faith with no fruit is like clouds whose rain never falls.

]]> Faith with no fruit is like clouds whose rain never falls.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15636079 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0500 282 full false When the Lord Shows Up When the Lord Shows Up When the Lord walks with you, the things that come against you cannot walk with Him.  Ask for His presence more than for His miracles.

]]> When the Lord walks with you, the things that come against you cannot walk with Him.  Ask for His presence more than for His miracles.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15712268 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0500 327 full false The Spirit is Willing The Spirit is Willing The flesh fights against you; it cannot fight for you.

]]> The flesh fights against you; it cannot fight for you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15674656 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 03:00:00 -0500 369 full false What to do about tomorrow What to do about tomorrow What we do about tomorrow is largely determined by how we live today.

]]> What we do about tomorrow is largely determined by how we live today.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15636107 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0500 299 full false The Answered Prayer The Answered Prayer The only prayer God cannot answer for you is the prayer you do not pray.

]]> The only prayer God cannot answer for you is the prayer you do not pray.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15596538 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0500 302 full false You Heard What? You Heard What? Never listen to the things people say unless the people listen to the Lord.

]]> Never listen to the things people say unless the people listen to the Lord.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15562852 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0500 405 full false Skillful Living - Delivering Excellence and REsults Skillful Living - Delivering Excellence and REsults Delivering Excellence and Results must be working in you before you can deliver them in the outcomes you want in life.

]]> Delivering Excellence and Results must be working in you before you can deliver them in the outcomes you want in life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15523450 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 03:00:00 -0500 339 full false Skillful Living - Developing Your Edge Skillful Living - Developing Your Edge Your Edge is what allows you to be distinctive among things that appear to be the same.

]]> Your Edge is what allows you to be distinctive among things that appear to be the same.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15485792 Sun, 28 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0500 276 full false Skillful Living - Vision Skillful Living - Vision People perish for lack of vision.

]]> People perish for lack of vision.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15406290 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0500 333 full false Skillful Living - Qualifying Yourself Skillful Living - Qualifying Yourself Exceptional people never stop trying to make sure they are qualified to be successful in the roles they play.

No one can effectively run a marathon race of 26 miles on the training it takes to run just six miles.

]]> Exceptional people never stop trying to make sure they are qualified to be successful in the roles they play.

No one can effectively run a marathon race of 26 miles on the training it takes to run just six miles.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15367935 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0500 417 full false Skillful Living - A Disciplined Life Skillful Living - A Disciplined Life Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15334510 Sun, 30 Jun 2024 04:00:00 -0500 390 full false Skillful Living - Social Maturity Skillful Living - Social Maturity You are not the most important thing in your life.  Others are.  Things will be ok even if you do not get your way.  When you develop social maturity, you will change how you are perceived by others.

]]> You are not the most important thing in your life.  Others are.  Things will be ok even if you do not get your way.  When you develop social maturity, you will change how you are perceived by others.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15292089 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0500 370 5 23 full false Father's Day 2024 Father's Day 2024 Fathers have a special calling in life.  Fathers must be trained by the Lord so that we can train our children in the ways of the Lord.  We cannot be lazy fathers.  The more special we are in how we allow the Lord to develop our lives, the more special we will be as fathers in the lives of our children.

]]> Fathers have a special calling in life.  Fathers must be trained by the Lord so that we can train our children in the ways of the Lord.  We cannot be lazy fathers.  The more special we are in how we allow the Lord to develop our lives, the more special we will be as fathers in the lives of our children.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15251254 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0500 301 5 22 full false Skillful Living: Way With People Skillful Living: Way With People The way you choose to relate to others can bring out the best in others or it can kill the best in others.  You don’t have to win at everything; learn to make winners of others.  That will make you of great value to them. 

Jesus tries to teach us simple ways to skillfully live with others, but you have a choice.  Jesus is always looking to help us be our best.  He doesn’t use ways contrary to this.  When you learn to skillfully navigate the way you choose to be with yourself, you will have more successes as you learn to skillfully relate with others.

]]> The way you choose to relate to others can bring out the best in others or it can kill the best in others.  You don’t have to win at everything; learn to make winners of others.  That will make you of great value to them. 

Jesus tries to teach us simple ways to skillfully live with others, but you have a choice.  Jesus is always looking to help us be our best.  He doesn’t use ways contrary to this.  When you learn to skillfully navigate the way you choose to be with yourself, you will have more successes as you learn to skillfully relate with others.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15215581 Sun, 09 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0500 339 5 21 full false Skillful Living: Your Purpose of Life Skillful Living: Your Purpose of Life You have an individual call of purpose on your life.  Spend some time today in prayer.  Ask the Lord to help you discover your purpose of life.  When you do, you will learn to select activities that fulfill your purpose and avoid activities conflict with your purpose.  By being true to your purpose, you will live life more skillfully. 

]]> You have an individual call of purpose on your life.  Spend some time today in prayer.  Ask the Lord to help you discover your purpose of life.  When you do, you will learn to select activities that fulfill your purpose and avoid activities conflict with your purpose.  By being true to your purpose, you will live life more skillfully. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15174453 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0500 320 5 20 full false Skillful Living: Self-Awareness Skillful Living: Self-Awareness Living skillfully is made easier when you are more aware of who you are and when you see the implications of the things you do.  When you are more aware of yourself, you will become more aware of the needs of others.  When you are more aware of yourself, you will learn to become more aware of the greatness of the Lord.

]]> Living skillfully is made easier when you are more aware of who you are and when you see the implications of the things you do.  When you are more aware of yourself, you will become more aware of the needs of others.  When you are more aware of yourself, you will learn to become more aware of the greatness of the Lord.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15136228 Sun, 26 May 2024 01:00:00 -0500 258 5 19 full false Skillful Living: The Best Possible You Skillful Living: The Best Possible You People who live skillfully at life listen to the Lord when He tries to transform an old self into someone better by using new insights.

]]> People who live skillfully at life listen to the Lord when He tries to transform an old self into someone better by using new insights.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15093694 Sun, 19 May 2024 01:00:00 -0500 317 5 18 full false Mother's Day 2024 Mother's Day 2024 We can honor mothers with lives of submission and faithfulness before God.

]]> We can honor mothers with lives of submission and faithfulness before God.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15050440 Sun, 12 May 2024 01:00:00 -0500 224 5 17 full false Skillful Living: Wisdom Skillful Living: Wisdom Skillful living is learning to find and use wisdom.  Wisdom teaches you that you cannot live from what you learn only.   Most people want to live good, successful lives, but few are willing to do what it takes to have that.  Most of us want good jobs and great careers, but many of us are unwilling to do what it takes to have those things.  Do you want to live a more skillful life?  So what’s it going to take?  How can you move from wanting to live greater to wanting to do what it takes to live greater.

]]> Skillful living is learning to find and use wisdom.  Wisdom teaches you that you cannot live from what you learn only.   Most people want to live good, successful lives, but few are willing to do what it takes to have that.  Most of us want good jobs and great careers, but many of us are unwilling to do what it takes to have those things.  Do you want to live a more skillful life?  So what’s it going to take?  How can you move from wanting to live greater to wanting to do what it takes to live greater.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-15009000 Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500 340 5 16 full false Perfection Perfection When you learn He is not finished with your life, you will learn what a finished life in Him can be.  Let Him perfect what He has planned to do in you before you try to finish what you want to do with your life.

]]> When you learn He is not finished with your life, you will learn what a finished life in Him can be.  Let Him perfect what He has planned to do in you before you try to finish what you want to do with your life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14920537 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 01:00:00 -0500 278 5 15 full false How Before What How Before What So many things we do go wrong because we do not choose the right way to do the things we want to do.  The right things done in the wrong ways become the wrong things done.   Avoid this mistake.  Choose how to live before choosing what to do. 

]]> So many things we do go wrong because we do not choose the right way to do the things we want to do.  The right things done in the wrong ways become the wrong things done.   Avoid this mistake.  Choose how to live before choosing what to do. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14840134 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 01:00:00 -0500 371 5 14 full false Come Lord Come Come Lord Come No matter what you are facing today, live a life of invitation, and He will surely accept your call.  He will make a way for you to live in power and in grace in whatever your circumstance when your life says to Him, “Come Lord Jesus Come. Amen.”

]]> No matter what you are facing today, live a life of invitation, and He will surely accept your call.  He will make a way for you to live in power and in grace in whatever your circumstance when your life says to Him, “Come Lord Jesus Come. Amen.”

]]> Buzzsprout-14752127 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0500 284 5 12 full false Where Does He Stand? Where Does He Stand? God is your First Love because He First Loved you.  That is where He should stand with you.

]]> God is your First Love because He First Loved you.  That is where He should stand with you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14701945 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0500 375 5 11 full false Never the Same Never the Same Once Jesus has delivered you from a way of life, you stop living like a former sinner.   Instead, you live delivered.  You don’t have to apologize to the world for who you were.  Tell the world who you are now because you are never the same, and you will never be the same with Jesus.

]]> Once Jesus has delivered you from a way of life, you stop living like a former sinner.   Instead, you live delivered.  You don’t have to apologize to the world for who you were.  Tell the world who you are now because you are never the same, and you will never be the same with Jesus.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14655712 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0600 309 5 10 full false Easter 2024 Easter 2024 With Easter, no tomb can hold us, no stone can block us, and no grave can keep us.  Death can only give way to life everlasting.

]]> With Easter, no tomb can hold us, no stone can block us, and no grave can keep us.  Death can only give way to life everlasting.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14796466 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0600 294 5 13 full false He Is Not Done Yet He Is Not Done Yet The Lord is still fashioning us into the material He wants to use with us.  He is still writing into our life the message that He wants to be heard through our lives.  Our lives are not the message that you or I wrote.  It is His message He wrote with the finger and blood of Jesus, right onto the heart for Jesus He gave each of us.

]]> The Lord is still fashioning us into the material He wants to use with us.  He is still writing into our life the message that He wants to be heard through our lives.  Our lives are not the message that you or I wrote.  It is His message He wrote with the finger and blood of Jesus, right onto the heart for Jesus He gave each of us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14615402 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0600 302 5 9 full false Rule Sin Not Men Rule Sin Not Men A trustworthy person will do trustworthy things.  Be trustworthy.  A loving person will do loving things.  Be loving.  A caring person will do caring things.  Be caring.  A hard-working person will do hard-working things.  Be hard-working.  When you are any of these things, people will respect you and accept the things you do.

]]> A trustworthy person will do trustworthy things.  Be trustworthy.  A loving person will do loving things.  Be loving.  A caring person will do caring things.  Be caring.  A hard-working person will do hard-working things.  Be hard-working.  When you are any of these things, people will respect you and accept the things you do.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14567286 Sat, 24 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600 388 5 8 full false You Need Help You Need Help You need help--yes you.  But that help cannot come from a thing.  Help must come from Him who made all things.  Throw yourself into His arms, and He will keep you.  

]]> You need help--yes you.  But that help cannot come from a thing.  Help must come from Him who made all things.  Throw yourself into His arms, and He will keep you.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14521355 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600 344 5 7 full false A Time and a Moment A Time and a Moment In all your time living and doing whatever you do, don’t miss the Moments that Jesus wants to make your time special for you.

]]> In all your time living and doing whatever you do, don’t miss the Moments that Jesus wants to make your time special for you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14477318 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600 334 5 6 full false See the Invisible See the Invisible If the Lord answered all your prayers with the solutions you want, you’d be blind.  You will never learn that you have within you the ability to solve many of your problems yourself.  Learn to see His invisible Ways at work inside you.  These make you better each day.

]]> If the Lord answered all your prayers with the solutions you want, you’d be blind.  You will never learn that you have within you the ability to solve many of your problems yourself.  Learn to see His invisible Ways at work inside you.  These make you better each day.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14432613 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0600 297 5 5 full false Who Else? Who Else? Who else can Jesus be if you cannot believe He is Who He says He is?

]]> Who else can Jesus be if you cannot believe He is Who He says He is?

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14383421 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0600 303 5 4 full false Your Treasure of Power Your Treasure of Power You may be challenged, but you are never conquered.  You have a treasure of power inside you.  You were made for more.

]]> You may be challenged, but you are never conquered.  You have a treasure of power inside you.  You were made for more.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14343795 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0600 195 5 3 full false Hear Him Say It Hear Him Say It If you have ever experienced anything of God, you have heard Him say, "I love you."  He loves you; hear that always.

]]> If you have ever experienced anything of God, you have heard Him say, "I love you."  He loves you; hear that always.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14302561 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0600 250 5 2 full false Patience of Faith Patience of Faith Live in the strong patience of your faith so you will be able to overcome all the things that you believe might have a chance to overcome you.

]]> Live in the strong patience of your faith so you will be able to overcome all the things that you believe might have a chance to overcome you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14263958 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0600 253 5 1 full false Look Ahead Look Ahead I pray that 2024 is full of the blessings of God for you and your life.  Look ahead to that with the great assurance of God’s faithfulness to want the best for us.

]]> I pray that 2024 is full of the blessings of God for you and your life.  Look ahead to that with the great assurance of God’s faithfulness to want the best for us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14222742 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0600 284 4 52 full false Make Room Make Room Will you make room in your life and a place for some swaddling cloths and a manger?  Jesus may show up at the inn of your life at any time, and He may do so without reservations.

]]> Will you make room in your life and a place for some swaddling cloths and a manger?  Jesus may show up at the inn of your life at any time, and He may do so without reservations.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14197124 Mon, 25 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0600 307 4 51 full false News You Will Love News You Will Love Let’s spend this Christmas Eve with a song in our hearts as we acknowledge what tomorrow means.  O Holy Night indeed.  Christ our Savior is born.

]]> Let’s spend this Christmas Eve with a song in our hearts as we acknowledge what tomorrow means.  O Holy Night indeed.  Christ our Savior is born.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14197035 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:00:00 -0600 299 4 50 full false Wash Me Wash Me Washing us is one of the key reasons Jesus came to us.   He didn’t come to do a job, He came because He cares about each of us.  And because He cares about us, He cares for each of us.

]]> Washing us is one of the key reasons Jesus came to us.   He didn’t come to do a job, He came because He cares about each of us.  And because He cares about us, He cares for each of us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14159149 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0600 309 4 49 full false Never Alone Never Alone God never plays the game of hide and seek with us.  We are never alone, and God is never absent from the place we are at the present.  If we seek Him, we will find Him.  It’s not hide and seek with Him but seek and find.  We find Him because we are never alone from Him.

]]> God never plays the game of hide and seek with us.  We are never alone, and God is never absent from the place we are at the present.  If we seek Him, we will find Him.  It’s not hide and seek with Him but seek and find.  We find Him because we are never alone from Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14118605 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0600 284 4 48 full false Do Something Do Something If you do something with what you have, then the Lord will do what you cannot do.  

]]> If you do something with what you have, then the Lord will do what you cannot do.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14076531 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0600 265 4 47 full false Not the Same Not the Same The gods we create are not the same as the God who created us.  

]]> The gods we create are not the same as the God who created us.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14033282 Sat, 25 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0600 317 4 46 full false Thanksgiving 2023 Thanksgiving 2023 As you get your Thanksgiving Day started for 2023, do so by first thanking the Lord for thanking God for being our God.

]]> As you get your Thanksgiving Day started for 2023, do so by first thanking the Lord for thanking God for being our God.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-14022330 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0600 250 4 45 full false The Hardened Life The Hardened Life Let’s learn to soften ourselves as we live in the most difficult of times.  A soft answer turns away wrath.  The harder we make life for ourselves, the harder life will be for us.  Anyone can be your enemy if you treat them like they are an enemy.  Let’s learn to respond to hard things with better things.

]]> Let’s learn to soften ourselves as we live in the most difficult of times.  A soft answer turns away wrath.  The harder we make life for ourselves, the harder life will be for us.  Anyone can be your enemy if you treat them like they are an enemy.  Let’s learn to respond to hard things with better things.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13995925 Sun, 19 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0600 272 4 44 full false When the Lord Says No When the Lord Says No When He says no to you, perhaps it’s because your grace tank is almost empty, or your humility tank is almost empty, or your thankfulness tank is almost empty.  Whatever it is, be grateful that when He says no, He always has something better to offer that we didn’t ask for.  He fills your tanks with something powerful!

]]> When He says no to you, perhaps it’s because your grace tank is almost empty, or your humility tank is almost empty, or your thankfulness tank is almost empty.  Whatever it is, be grateful that when He says no, He always has something better to offer that we didn’t ask for.  He fills your tanks with something powerful!

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13952756 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0600 316 4 43 full false He Really Means It He Really Means It When He tells you something hard to believe, just remember, yes, He really means it.

]]> When He tells you something hard to believe, just remember, yes, He really means it.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13906619 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 02:00:00 -0600 232 4 42 full false Spiritual Sight Spiritual Sight Lord, open our spiritual eyes that we may see the army of angels ready to do battle for us in our natural lives so that we can serve you more with our spiritual lives.  

]]> Lord, open our spiritual eyes that we may see the army of angels ready to do battle for us in our natural lives so that we can serve you more with our spiritual lives.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13865744 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0500 344 4 41 full false Seasonal Thinking Seasonal Thinking A great harvest awaits you when as a believer you think like a farmer and sow the things in life others will value.

]]> A great harvest awaits you when as a believer you think like a farmer and sow the things in life others will value.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13820587 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:00:00 -0500 261 4 40 full false Be Quieted Be Quieted If you have to say more than you understand, others will see you for your foolishness.  If you cannot learn to be quieted it is likely you have learned to be like one who seeks more to do your own work through God rather than to allow the Lord to produce the fruits of His work in you.

]]> If you have to say more than you understand, others will see you for your foolishness.  If you cannot learn to be quieted it is likely you have learned to be like one who seeks more to do your own work through God rather than to allow the Lord to produce the fruits of His work in you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13777727 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 03:00:00 -0500 250 4 39 full false Restored Restored All we need is faith in Jesus to do for us what all the hope in man will never do.   There are times when we need restoration more than we need anything else.

]]> All we need is faith in Jesus to do for us what all the hope in man will never do.   There are times when we need restoration more than we need anything else.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13736120 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0500 290 4 38 full false Why Don't We Learn? Why Don't We Learn? The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.  But fools despise wisdom and instruction.  People with hardened hearts despise learning more and they reject more instruction.  Let’s pray that this is not who we are.   Let’s learn to use what keeps us from learning as a way to help us grow in what we know and in how we learn.



]]> The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.  But fools despise wisdom and instruction.  People with hardened hearts despise learning more and they reject more instruction.  Let’s pray that this is not who we are.   Let’s learn to use what keeps us from learning as a way to help us grow in what we know and in how we learn.



]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13700683 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0500 295 4 37 full false My Ways My Ways Ask the Lord today to show you your ways and be ready to be transformed from your thoughts to His, from your actions to His, from your views to His, and from your life to His.

]]> Ask the Lord today to show you your ways and be ready to be transformed from your thoughts to His, from your actions to His, from your views to His, and from your life to His.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13646340 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0500 245 4 36 full false When It Makes No Sense When It Makes No Sense The Lord shares enough for us at the time to see that if we can be obedient to the things we understand, we should also be obedient to the things we do not understand.  If it comes from God, it makes sense to obey what we do not understand.  In doing that, He helps us make a great catch while others just toil in their own efforts.

]]> The Lord shares enough for us at the time to see that if we can be obedient to the things we understand, we should also be obedient to the things we do not understand.  If it comes from God, it makes sense to obey what we do not understand.  In doing that, He helps us make a great catch while others just toil in their own efforts.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13603286 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0500 305 4 35 full false Dig Your Well Dig Your Well Giving is important, but we may not have much in the way of material things.  When we are a well, we always have something that others can draw from to sustain part of their lives.

]]> Giving is important, but we may not have much in the way of material things.  When we are a well, we always have something that others can draw from to sustain part of their lives.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13561224 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0500 296 4 34 full false This is Life This is Life Jesus will never stop chasing after you with His offer of giving you Life more abundantly.  Stop trying to live your life on your own.  Let Him catch you so He can fill the river of your desires with His life of abundance which He offers everyone.  This is what is Life.

]]> Jesus will never stop chasing after you with His offer of giving you Life more abundantly.  Stop trying to live your life on your own.  Let Him catch you so He can fill the river of your desires with His life of abundance which He offers everyone.  This is what is Life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13517510 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0500 270 4 33 full false How To Do Things How To Do Things When you ask God how to move, God will show you what to do. We may feel like there is no time to ask how, but God is all the time we need.

]]> When you ask God how to move, God will show you what to do. We may feel like there is no time to ask how, but God is all the time we need.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13486149 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:00:00 -0500 228 4 32 full false Humble Prosperity Humble Prosperity When you are humble and grateful, it does not matter what you have or how much you have.   With the Lord it is always more than enough for you to live abundantly.

]]> When you are humble and grateful, it does not matter what you have or how much you have.   With the Lord it is always more than enough for you to live abundantly.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13434882 Sun, 20 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0500 278 4 31 full false Do Not Give Up Do Not Give Up Use your challenges to free you from the things that hold you back.  There is a bit of health in your sickness; there is a bit of patience in your impatience; there is a bit of confidence in your fear; there is a bit of control in your lack of control.

]]> Use your challenges to free you from the things that hold you back.  There is a bit of health in your sickness; there is a bit of patience in your impatience; there is a bit of confidence in your fear; there is a bit of control in your lack of control.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13395061 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0500 263 4 30 full false I Have Witnessed It I Have Witnessed It Jesus lives in a place called anywhere.  And He operates in a time call anytime.  And He can be found in a place called any place because He is a living God.

]]> Jesus lives in a place called anywhere.  And He operates in a time call anytime.  And He can be found in a place called any place because He is a living God.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13354853 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0500 307 4 29 full false He Does Not Change He Does Not Change God is Love and perfect in every way.  He is the essence of good.  God assures us that He is never going to change by His grace and mercy.

]]> God is Love and perfect in every way.  He is the essence of good.  God assures us that He is never going to change by His grace and mercy.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13313498 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 03:00:00 -0500 336 4 28 full false In Due time In Due time Our problems are not God’s emergencies.

]]> Our problems are not God’s emergencies.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13269512 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 03:00:00 -0500 299 4 27 full false As Unto Him As Unto Him When you stand for Him you stand against your idea of what is right and wrong for you.  Things do not have to go your way for things to go well for you.  You do not have to be satisfied by man because you are satisfied with Him.

]]> When you stand for Him you stand against your idea of what is right and wrong for you.  Things do not have to go your way for things to go well for you.  You do not have to be satisfied by man because you are satisfied with Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13229625 Sun, 16 Jul 2023 03:00:00 -0500 284 4 26 full false Seeing His Way Seeing His Way We have gotten off the right path because we want to light our footsteps with our own words.  We are stepping into insecure places because we want to light our paths with our own lamps.

]]> We have gotten off the right path because we want to light our footsteps with our own words.  We are stepping into insecure places because we want to light our paths with our own lamps.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13185858 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 03:00:00 -0500 340 4 25 full false Filling the Temple Filling the Temple You are His Temple.  Prepare yourself to be filled by His presence.

]]> You are His Temple.  Prepare yourself to be filled by His presence.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13144738 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 03:00:00 -0500 319 4 24 full false Numbers Numbers When we number our days, wisdom tells us to live as if we are the Lord’s no matter what we may be facing.  When we do this, we learn to live under the shadow of His wings, in the Power of His glory, in the abundance of His favor and in the excellence of His workmanship.

]]> When we number our days, wisdom tells us to live as if we are the Lord’s no matter what we may be facing.  When we do this, we learn to live under the shadow of His wings, in the Power of His glory, in the abundance of His favor and in the excellence of His workmanship.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13100635 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 03:00:00 -0500 274 4 23 full false But As for Me But As for Me O Lord, things may be difficult for me, but I know You shall hide me in the shadow of Your wings.

]]> O Lord, things may be difficult for me, but I know You shall hide me in the shadow of Your wings.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-13015581 Sun, 11 Jun 2023 03:00:00 -0500 237 4 22 full false Help Don't Hinder Help Don't Hinder Learn to focus more on the people around you instead of the things that hinder you.  Believe so that you become a help rather than hindrance.

]]> Learn to focus more on the people around you instead of the things that hinder you.  Believe so that you become a help rather than hindrance.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12972882 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 03:00:00 -0500 270 4 21 full false The Chosen The Chosen Many are Called.  Few are Chosen.  Live quietly, listening and responding to the Lord with your lives more than your words.

]]> Many are Called.  Few are Chosen.  Live quietly, listening and responding to the Lord with your lives more than your words.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12931590 Sun, 28 May 2023 03:00:00 -0500 320 4 20 full false You Get To Be You Get To Be Having a get-to-be spirit keeps us from focusing selfishly on ourselves.  It also keeps us from focusing on the things we believe we have to do.  God will favor you because you say to Him, I get to be your child, so I am happy to be an instrument of your work in the lives of those You know and those You love.

]]> Having a get-to-be spirit keeps us from focusing selfishly on ourselves.  It also keeps us from focusing on the things we believe we have to do.  God will favor you because you say to Him, I get to be your child, so I am happy to be an instrument of your work in the lives of those You know and those You love.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12886738 Sun, 21 May 2023 03:00:00 -0500 295 4 19 full false Hannah Hannah Favor the moms and the women in our lives no matter how difficult the circumstances of life we face.

]]> Favor the moms and the women in our lives no matter how difficult the circumstances of life we face.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12842846 Sun, 14 May 2023 03:00:00 -0500 310 4 18 full false Possible Things Possible Things All things are Possible Things with God.  Put your fear to death and live in belief of the Possible Things that are in your life daily.

]]> All things are Possible Things with God.  Put your fear to death and live in belief of the Possible Things that are in your life daily.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12748978 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 03:00:00 -0500 298 4 17 full false Learn What He Learned Learn What He Learned Set your heart to learn what Jesus has learned.  Learn how He learns.  Learn why He learns the things He learns.  

]]> Set your heart to learn what Jesus has learned.  Learn how He learns.  Learn why He learns the things He learns.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12703543 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 03:00:00 -0500 273 4 16 full false Believers and Unbelievers Believers and Unbelievers Whether in marriage, or friendship, or work, or play, or whatever the situation where you cannot go at it alone, pray for help that is comparable to you.

]]> Whether in marriage, or friendship, or work, or play, or whatever the situation where you cannot go at it alone, pray for help that is comparable to you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12656390 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 03:00:00 -0500 348 4 15 full false Easter 2023 Easter 2023 Because Easter represents God’s promise to believers that as Jesus was resurrected to a new life, never to die again, so it will be possible for all of us who are believers.  Jesus made it possible for us to die once, to be brought back into a new life and to never die again.

]]> Because Easter represents God’s promise to believers that as Jesus was resurrected to a new life, never to die again, so it will be possible for all of us who are believers.  Jesus made it possible for us to die once, to be brought back into a new life and to never die again.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12614139 Sun, 09 Apr 2023 03:00:00 -0500 248 4 14 full false You Go First You Go First Think about how you want to be treated by others, and you go first, treating them that way. 

]]> Think about how you want to be treated by others, and you go first, treating them that way. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12565912 Sun, 02 Apr 2023 03:00:00 -0500 376 4 13 full false Not All Things Not All Things Not all things that are right for us are right to us.

 Not all things that we can have are things we should have.

 Not all things that we can do are things we should do.

]]> Not all things that are right for us are right to us.

 Not all things that we can have are things we should have.

 Not all things that we can do are things we should do.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12515012 Sun, 26 Mar 2023 03:00:00 -0500 234 4 12 full false He Goes Before You He Goes Before You God positions Himself ahead of us because He knows the way out of our challenges is to push through them. He is ahead so that He makes the way for us to follow. Being ahead of us helps Him to position Himself to get our attention so we keep our eyes focused ahead and not around.

]]> God positions Himself ahead of us because He knows the way out of our challenges is to push through them. He is ahead so that He makes the way for us to follow. Being ahead of us helps Him to position Himself to get our attention so we keep our eyes focused ahead and not around.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12465449 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 03:00:00 -0500 335 4 11 full false So It Was So It Was God is amazing at how He finds one simple thing that is seemingly nothing and uses it to make the things He treasures.  You may think you are nothing, but nothing is just the right something God is looking for to create an unimaginable treasure for Himself called you.

]]> God is amazing at how He finds one simple thing that is seemingly nothing and uses it to make the things He treasures.  You may think you are nothing, but nothing is just the right something God is looking for to create an unimaginable treasure for Himself called you.

]]> Buzzsprout-12421379 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 04:00:00 -0500 348 4 10 full false If You Are If You Are It is certain that at some time we will be tempted in the areas of Provision, of Position, and of Protection.  When you are a child of God, it means you have the power to live free from doubt about your provision in life, your position in life, and your protection in life no matter your circumstances.

]]> It is certain that at some time we will be tempted in the areas of Provision, of Position, and of Protection.  When you are a child of God, it means you have the power to live free from doubt about your provision in life, your position in life, and your protection in life no matter your circumstances.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12328056 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 03:00:00 -0600 319 4 9 full false A Blessed Life A Blessed Life A blessed life is one that acknowledges God in the way it lives and one whose path is directed by the Lord.  A blessed life is like an angel of the Lord being sent out to respond to the prayer of need of someone else.  A blessed life always blesses what it is directed to do.

]]> A blessed life is one that acknowledges God in the way it lives and one whose path is directed by the Lord.  A blessed life is like an angel of the Lord being sent out to respond to the prayer of need of someone else.  A blessed life always blesses what it is directed to do.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12281063 Sun, 19 Feb 2023 03:00:00 -0600 251 4 8 full false A Life-Changing Mirror A Life-Changing Mirror When you look into the Bible and read God’s Word, understand that the Word is as anxious to look into your life and read back to you.  

]]> When you look into the Bible and read God’s Word, understand that the Word is as anxious to look into your life and read back to you.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12231566 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 03:00:00 -0600 292 4 7 full false All These Things All These Things All these things and more He will provide when you wake up and get on the road to Provision. The little water and bread you have will never run short with God when you first get on the road to seek His Kingdom.

]]> All these things and more He will provide when you wake up and get on the road to Provision. The little water and bread you have will never run short with God when you first get on the road to seek His Kingdom.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12178404 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 03:00:00 -0600 310 4 6 full false Offering Your Best Offering Your Best Don’t give the best that you want to give while holding back what you are unwilling to sacrifice for Him.  Instead offer and sacrifice to Him the best of who you are.

]]> Don’t give the best that you want to give while holding back what you are unwilling to sacrifice for Him.  Instead offer and sacrifice to Him the best of who you are.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12137748 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 03:00:00 -0600 282 4 5 full false What You Mean to Others What You Mean to Others The Lord means more to us than what He does for us.  We can also mean more to others than what we do.

]]> The Lord means more to us than what He does for us.  We can also mean more to others than what we do.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12091388 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 03:00:00 -0600 323 4 4 full false Deliverer Deliverer If you recognize Him as your Deliverer, He will see you through the things that come up against you.  Praise Him for having been delivered so that He would become our Deliverer.

]]> If you recognize Him as your Deliverer, He will see you through the things that come up against you.  Praise Him for having been delivered so that He would become our Deliverer.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-12043253 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 03:00:00 -0600 291 4 3 full false Prayer: A Conversation with the Lord Prayer: A Conversation with the Lord Learn to make your prayers conversations rather  than communications.

]]> Learn to make your prayers conversations rather  than communications.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11997926 Sat, 07 Jan 2023 03:00:00 -0600 330 4 2 full false New Year 2023 New Year 2023 It is a new year.  If you find yourself waking up the same person that you were the yesterday, go back to bed for a bit.  Wait for what’s new,  Ask the Lord to help you to wake up a new person in some way each day of your life.

]]> It is a new year.  If you find yourself waking up the same person that you were the yesterday, go back to bed for a bit.  Wait for what’s new,  Ask the Lord to help you to wake up a new person in some way each day of your life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11958186 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 03:00:00 -0600 299 4 1 full false Christmas 2022 Christmas 2022 This Christmas, be like the wise men.  Follow His star and give Him your gifts.

]]> This Christmas, be like the wise men.  Follow His star and give Him your gifts.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11927345 Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600 240 3 47 full false Who Is Like You? Who Is Like You? Only you can let the Lord do the work He wants to do with you.  That work is great, because you are made in His image.

]]> Only you can let the Lord do the work He wants to do with you.  That work is great, because you are made in His image.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11890839 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 03:00:00 -0600 264 3 46 full false Gain from Loss Gain from Loss Gain through loss is God’s way of helping us understand that we must always find ourselves changing something about ourselves.  Be blessed by the gains and the losses God has planned for us.

]]> Gain through loss is God’s way of helping us understand that we must always find ourselves changing something about ourselves.  Be blessed by the gains and the losses God has planned for us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11848220 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 03:00:00 -0600 246 3 45 full false Live Like Live Like Live like we are going home to Christ.

]]> Live like we are going home to Christ.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11807804 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:00:00 -0600 294 3 44 full false The Heart of Your Intentions The Heart of Your Intentions If you want to win the battle for your life, let the intentions of your heart transform you to become the good that is missing in the lives of others.

]]> If you want to win the battle for your life, let the intentions of your heart transform you to become the good that is missing in the lives of others.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11757388 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 03:00:00 -0600 276 3 43 full false Thanksgiving 2022 Thanksgiving 2022 As we celebrate Thanksgiving Day this year, let’s not forget the real reason for our joy.  We are a people chosen by God Himself to be His very own.  We may be different in many ways, but we are made the same by the same sacrifice of His Son Jesus Who died so that we could live as one people under one great and mighty God.

]]> As we celebrate Thanksgiving Day this year, let’s not forget the real reason for our joy.  We are a people chosen by God Himself to be His very own.  We may be different in many ways, but we are made the same by the same sacrifice of His Son Jesus Who died so that we could live as one people under one great and mighty God.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11726968 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 03:00:00 -0600 277 3 42 full false But He Says But He Says God knows our weakness, but He says He will give us a way to get on with our lives.

]]> God knows our weakness, but He says He will give us a way to get on with our lives.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11681571 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 03:00:00 -0600 285 3 41 full false From Unless To Because From Unless To Because Instead of living an “Unless I See It” life, start living a “Because I Believe It” life.  

]]> Instead of living an “Unless I See It” life, start living a “Because I Believe It” life.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11637185 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0600 316 3 40 full false Grace Will Find You Grace Will Find You Grace received says we should be thankful and perhaps change our ways.  Grace given says we are thankful and have changed our ways.  Grace is God’s way of saying, “I will give you what you don’t deserve from Me so that you can give others what they don’t deserve from you.”  

]]> Grace received says we should be thankful and perhaps change our ways.  Grace given says we are thankful and have changed our ways.  Grace is God’s way of saying, “I will give you what you don’t deserve from Me so that you can give others what they don’t deserve from you.”  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11592654 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 03:00:00 -0500 247 3 39 full false Make Me Careful Make Me Careful Careful means we are full of care about who we are and what we mean to life and in the world around us.

]]> Careful means we are full of care about who we are and what we mean to life and in the world around us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11548556 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0500 271 3 38 full false I Want to See You I Want to See You Show me Your glory that by my actions and by the way I live, others will see You and know that You are as You say You are.

]]> Show me Your glory that by my actions and by the way I live, others will see You and know that You are as You say You are.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11507003 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 03:00:00 -0500 328 3 37 full false I Want to Know You I Want to Know You Lord, show me Your Way, that I may know You.  I want to personally meet the Person I have been trying to obey.

]]> Lord, show me Your Way, that I may know You.  I want to personally meet the Person I have been trying to obey.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11463207 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:00:00 -0500 331 3 36 full false Not Without You Not Without You Do you have a “Not Without You” spirit or a “just as I am” spirit?

]]> Do you have a “Not Without You” spirit or a “just as I am” spirit?

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11420376 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 03:00:00 -0500 327 3 35 full false The Treasure He Wants The Treasure He Wants While I cannot make God move the way I want, I can be to Him the treasure that He wants.

]]> While I cannot make God move the way I want, I can be to Him the treasure that He wants.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11378350 Sat, 24 Sep 2022 03:00:00 -0500 278 3 34 full false Listen Up! Listen Up! God may be saying, " You are fighting for what I want you to fight against.  You are pursuing what I don’t want you to catch.  You are missing what I want you to catch because you are not listening for My voice in your life.”

]]> God may be saying, " You are fighting for what I want you to fight against.  You are pursuing what I don’t want you to catch.  You are missing what I want you to catch because you are not listening for My voice in your life.”

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11337046 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 03:00:00 -0500 295 3 33 full false Don't Rush Don't Rush Because we are impatient, we rush, we get ahead, and we get it wrong.  Peace overcomes fear and anxiety.  Faith gives you patience.

]]> Because we are impatient, we rush, we get ahead, and we get it wrong.  Peace overcomes fear and anxiety.  Faith gives you patience.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11297256 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 07:00:00 -0500 292 3 32 full false How To Be Happy How To Be Happy Happiness is being content with your life no matter where your life is now.  

]]> Happiness is being content with your life no matter where your life is now.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11214677 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 03:00:00 -0500 285 3 31 full false The Unlike Life The Unlike Life God wants us to stop living like we have not been changed.  If we are nothing unlike the persons we were yesterday, perhaps we are nothing unlike the unbelievers around us.

]]> God wants us to stop living like we have not been changed.  If we are nothing unlike the persons we were yesterday, perhaps we are nothing unlike the unbelievers around us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11171674 Sun, 21 Aug 2022 03:00:00 -0500 233 3 30 full false Love Never Fails Love Never Fails God's love is perfecting.  The perfect love of God will cast out your fear of receiving, of being, and of giving love.  Without fear, learn to receive the love of those who fearlessly love you.  

]]> God's love is perfecting.  The perfect love of God will cast out your fear of receiving, of being, and of giving love.  Without fear, learn to receive the love of those who fearlessly love you.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11132156 Sat, 13 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0500 291 3 29 full false Grace Grace Grace helps you thrive in life no matter what life throws your way.

]]> Grace helps you thrive in life no matter what life throws your way.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11092560 Sat, 06 Aug 2022 03:00:00 -0500 332 3 28 full false The Unimaginable The Unimaginable Seek from God only what God Himself can imagine.

]]> Seek from God only what God Himself can imagine.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11055748 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0500 252 3 27 full false Where Are Your Treasures? Where Are Your Treasures? Where our treasures are, there our hearts are also.

]]> Where our treasures are, there our hearts are also.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-11017489 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 06:00:00 -0500 247 3 26 full false Never Just Sent Away Never Just Sent Away He doesn’t want us to faint under the burdens of life we take on by ourselves.  Instead, He wants us to walk with Him.  When we do this, He fills us with all that we need to walk with Him.

]]> He doesn’t want us to faint under the burdens of life we take on by ourselves.  Instead, He wants us to walk with Him.  When we do this, He fills us with all that we need to walk with Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10972814 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0500 220 3 25 full false Overcoming You Overcoming You You are your own worst enemy.  Learning to overcome how you limit yourself is my message today.

]]> You are your own worst enemy.  Learning to overcome how you limit yourself is my message today.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10932947 Sun, 10 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0500 294 3 24 full false The Terms of God The Terms of God We cannot fight our own battles and have God fight them too.  You are not ordinary. You are extraordinary when you come to live on God’s terms.

]]> We cannot fight our own battles and have God fight them too.  You are not ordinary. You are extraordinary when you come to live on God’s terms.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10854777 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 04:00:00 -0500 279 3 23 full false Father's Day 2022 Father's Day 2022 God the Father is the greatest example of a father we can have.  Let’s make it a desire that each father here on earth will be the next greatest example of a father their children can have.

]]> God the Father is the greatest example of a father we can have.  Let’s make it a desire that each father here on earth will be the next greatest example of a father their children can have.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10815685 Sun, 19 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0500 233 3 22 full false Yes, and Amen! Yes, and Amen! There are many things in your life that are waiting for your “Yes, and Amen!”

]]> There are many things in your life that are waiting for your “Yes, and Amen!”

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10737750 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0500 236 3 21 full false Heal Our Land Heal Our Land God is Just.  He will heal our land and deliver us from this sickness when we accept that much of our ways are morally right for humans but wrong for Him.

]]> God is Just.  He will heal our land and deliver us from this sickness when we accept that much of our ways are morally right for humans but wrong for Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10698113 Sat, 28 May 2022 03:00:00 -0500 313 3 20 full false Nothing Better Nothing Better The Lord helps you to be satisfied with what you have when the best that you have is Him.  There is nothing better than that.

]]> The Lord helps you to be satisfied with what you have when the best that you have is Him.  There is nothing better than that.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10659165 Sun, 22 May 2022 03:00:00 -0500 257 3 19 full false A Thirst for Thirst A Thirst for Thirst Jesus leads us to the water, but then He goes to work to make us thirsty.  Only then will we want to drink.  

]]> Jesus leads us to the water, but then He goes to work to make us thirsty.  Only then will we want to drink.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10619261 Sun, 15 May 2022 07:00:00 -0500 247 3 18 full false Mother's Day 2022 Mother's Day 2022 Love your mothers; provide for their well-being and honor and cherish them all the days of your life.

]]> Love your mothers; provide for their well-being and honor and cherish them all the days of your life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10578088 Sun, 08 May 2022 03:00:00 -0500 168 3 17 full false The Change Jesus Wants The Change Jesus Wants Grace gives you the power to give the Lord the change that He wants to make in your life.

]]> Grace gives you the power to give the Lord the change that He wants to make in your life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10534328 Sun, 01 May 2022 03:00:00 -0500 363 3 16 full false Just Enough Knowledge Just Enough Knowledge Ask the Lord to help you learn just enough to be safe with what you know.  Then you will live a fruitful life in the Promised Land here that God has reserved for those of us who know Him and who live obediently and in satisfaction with what He reveals to us.

]]> Ask the Lord to help you learn just enough to be safe with what you know.  Then you will live a fruitful life in the Promised Land here that God has reserved for those of us who know Him and who live obediently and in satisfaction with what He reveals to us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10489538 Sun, 24 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0500 281 3 15 full false Don't Hold Your Breath Don't Hold Your Breath Let this Easter be the time you start praising the Lord because you have breath that won’t let you be silent any longer.

]]> Let this Easter be the time you start praising the Lord because you have breath that won’t let you be silent any longer.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10447467 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0500 282 3 14 full false The Same God The Same God God never changes, but we should never be the same.

]]> God never changes, but we should never be the same.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10367263 Sun, 03 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0500 288 3 13 full false Know What Is Better Know What Is Better We must be careful never to change from what is Truth to what is loved by the world.  

]]> We must be careful never to change from what is Truth to what is loved by the world.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10323690 Sun, 27 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0500 263 3 12 full false Why So Difficult? Why So Difficult? We do not have to always defeat our enemies.  Often, the easy things to do is to endure so that our enemy does not defeat us.  Endurance is God’s way of making hard things easier. 

]]> We do not have to always defeat our enemies.  Often, the easy things to do is to endure so that our enemy does not defeat us.  Endurance is God’s way of making hard things easier. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10280792 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 03:00:00 -0500 248 3 11 full false The Right Hand Complements the Left The Right Hand Complements the Left Bring into your relationship what is complementary to what you want most.  God will bless you for this.  

]]> Bring into your relationship what is complementary to what you want most.  God will bless you for this.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10234518 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0500 367 3 10 full false Who Are You Gonna Call? Who Are You Gonna Call? When you are lost, living independently and need to be saved into eternal life, call on His Name.  When you are living, but life is not working out the best way for you, call on His Name.  And when you find yourself serving your wants instead of what He wants for you, call on His Name.

]]> When you are lost, living independently and need to be saved into eternal life, call on His Name.  When you are living, but life is not working out the best way for you, call on His Name.  And when you find yourself serving your wants instead of what He wants for you, call on His Name.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10150453 Sun, 27 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0600 321 3 9 full false Desires Over Goals Desires Over Goals Desires come the heart, the place where the Spirit of the Lord lives.  Our desires should be the reasons for the few goals we set in life.

]]> Desires come the heart, the place where the Spirit of the Lord lives.  Our desires should be the reasons for the few goals we set in life.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10108228 Sun, 20 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0600 416 3 8 full false Will You Go? Will You Go? You may be surprised to learn the role Jesus has in mind for you.

]]> You may be surprised to learn the role Jesus has in mind for you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10063438 Sun, 13 Feb 2022 03:00:00 -0600 273 3 7 full false Nothing Changes Until Your Mind Changes Nothing Changes Until Your Mind Changes Your mind is not always your friend.  Your old mind will keep telling the old you to do the same things when it should be telling you to be transformed to something new so that you can do new things in a new way.

]]> Your mind is not always your friend.  Your old mind will keep telling the old you to do the same things when it should be telling you to be transformed to something new so that you can do new things in a new way.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-10018105 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 03:00:00 -0600 262 3 6 full false Bring Something He Can Burn Bring Something He Can Burn Let’s grab our challenges, carrying with us obedience,  belief, and as much faith as we can muster.  Then let’s set off to offer all this to the Lord.  

]]> Let’s grab our challenges, carrying with us obedience,  belief, and as much faith as we can muster.  Then let’s set off to offer all this to the Lord.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9973705 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0600 274 3 5 full false Never a Nobody Never a Nobody Jesus can turn a nobody into somebody who can save anybody.

]]> Jesus can turn a nobody into somebody who can save anybody.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9932037 Sun, 23 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0600 289 3 4 full false Respected Behavior Respected Behavior Learn to live and behave like something great has a hold of you, and something great will happen around you.  Learn to live with respected behavior.

]]> Learn to live and behave like something great has a hold of you, and something great will happen around you.  Learn to live with respected behavior.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9891355 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0600 306 3 3 full false The Authority to Be The Authority to Be The things of God should transform your life from one of doing to one of being.   You have God’s authority to Be the person He wants you to be.  

]]> The things of God should transform your life from one of doing to one of being.   You have God’s authority to Be the person He wants you to be.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9848176 Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0600 265 3 2 full false A New Year with the Lord A New Year with the Lord In that second between the end of 2021 and the entry of 2022, if you are up celebrating, celebrate that He is our savior.  Its just a second in your life.  You won’t miss much of the passing of the old year or the entry of the new year.  But you will end the old and start the new with Him at the center of your heart.  

]]> In that second between the end of 2021 and the entry of 2022, if you are up celebrating, celebrate that He is our savior.  Its just a second in your life.  You won’t miss much of the passing of the old year or the entry of the new year.  But you will end the old and start the new with Him at the center of your heart.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9814800 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0600 256 3 1 full false It's Only the Beginning It's Only the Beginning God deposited praise and glory into your life yesterday.  Let it work in your life so you can live each day now full of joy and happiness and peace with the things that are around you.

]]> God deposited praise and glory into your life yesterday.  Let it work in your life so you can live each day now full of joy and happiness and peace with the things that are around you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9788660 Sun, 26 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0600 150 2 55 full false How Can It Be? How Can It Be? Christ's birth gave God the opportunity to love you and to have your life with Him in eternity.

]]> Christ's birth gave God the opportunity to love you and to have your life with Him in eternity.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9786836 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0600 322 2 54 full false Where Do You Stand? Where Do You Stand? Stand up and walk quietly if you are on the Lord’s side.  

]]> Stand up and walk quietly if you are on the Lord’s side.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9744396 Sun, 19 Dec 2021 03:00:00 -0600 294 2 53 full false A Real Miracle A Real Miracle Jesus comes to weddings so He can put two lives together with Him in the middle, creating a marriage of three people to live together as one.   This is the miracle of marriage Jesus performs at weddings.

]]> Jesus comes to weddings so He can put two lives together with Him in the middle, creating a marriage of three people to live together as one.   This is the miracle of marriage Jesus performs at weddings.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9702187 Sun, 12 Dec 2021 03:00:00 -0600 370 2 52 full false Surely Surely Surely Surely When He is leading you, goodness and mercy shall follow after you wherever you go.

]]> When He is leading you, goodness and mercy shall follow after you wherever you go.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9662323 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 03:00:00 -0600 320 2 51 full false True Persons True Persons We must learn to be who we are at the heart of our motives.  That’s where the true person lives.  That is where you will find the person you are supposed to be

]]> We must learn to be who we are at the heart of our motives.  That’s where the true person lives.  That is where you will find the person you are supposed to be

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9616845 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 03:00:00 -0600 329 2 50 full false Giving Thanks 2021 Giving Thanks 2021 Thank You Lord.  I am grateful to be one of your people to dwell as a sheep in your pasture.  You didn’t have to do it for me, but You did.

]]> Thank You Lord.  I am grateful to be one of your people to dwell as a sheep in your pasture.  You didn’t have to do it for me, but You did.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9601606 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:00:00 -0600 204 2 49 full false When Payday Comes When Payday Comes If you want to get all that you are due, make certain you are sowing things that that God will give back to you.

]]> If you want to get all that you are due, make certain you are sowing things that that God will give back to you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9582747 Sat, 20 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600 260 2 48 full false More Than Enough More Than Enough Believers must remember that we always have more than enough of any real thing that we may want or need.  That is because we have the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.  

]]> Believers must remember that we always have more than enough of any real thing that we may want or need.  That is because we have the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9544526 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0600 262 2 47 full false New Every Day New Every Day If you wake up the same person today that you were yesterday, go back to sleep and wait for a new person to wake up.

]]> If you wake up the same person today that you were yesterday, go back to sleep and wait for a new person to wake up.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9503799 Sun, 07 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600 293 2 46 full false Lord, What Now? Lord, What Now? Change from an emotional human desiring to satisfy your soul to a spiritual person desiring to feed you spiritual growth and development.  

]]> Change from an emotional human desiring to satisfy your soul to a spiritual person desiring to feed you spiritual growth and development.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9422024 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0500 312 2 45 full false Ask for Mercy Ask for Mercy Learn to see your situation not as just problems or needs.  Instead, learn to see your situation as opportunities to strengthen your faith by simply asking God to have mercy on you.  

]]> Learn to see your situation not as just problems or needs.  Instead, learn to see your situation as opportunities to strengthen your faith by simply asking God to have mercy on you.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9381658 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0500 274 2 44 full false Learn to Live by Descrition Learn to Live by Descrition When you speak your mind on all things, people will tune you out on most things.  If you want to be heard, learn to speak less, and speak to fewer people.  If you want others to hear you learn, to wait for others to ask for your views.

]]> When you speak your mind on all things, people will tune you out on most things.  If you want to be heard, learn to speak less, and speak to fewer people.  If you want others to hear you learn, to wait for others to ask for your views.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9342521 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 08:00:00 -0500 277 2 43 full false The Praise of Broken People The Praise of Broken People If we do these things from a heart broken for Him and from a spirit that is crushed for Him, then we will find it easy to bless Him with the things of our lives that will make Him happy.  Loving a broken people is a blessing to Him.  It is the praise that belongs to Him.  Indeed, He loves people who are broken for Him.

]]> If we do these things from a heart broken for Him and from a spirit that is crushed for Him, then we will find it easy to bless Him with the things of our lives that will make Him happy.  Loving a broken people is a blessing to Him.  It is the praise that belongs to Him.  Indeed, He loves people who are broken for Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9300671 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 08:00:00 -0500 260 2 42 full false Look for What You Hear Look for What You Hear Sometimes, nothing will change about our circumstances until we change how we see our circumstances.

]]> Sometimes, nothing will change about our circumstances until we change how we see our circumstances.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9264677 Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:00:00 -0500 322 2 41 full false As Wise As an Ant As Wise As an Ant God wants us to rise up from our laziness, unfold our hands, step out of the poverty of our desires, and step into the prosperity of someone who lives today as if it is the last tomorrow they will see.  If the ants can do it, then, with God’s help, so can we.  

]]> God wants us to rise up from our laziness, unfold our hands, step out of the poverty of our desires, and step into the prosperity of someone who lives today as if it is the last tomorrow they will see.  If the ants can do it, then, with God’s help, so can we.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9220530 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 07:00:00 -0500 292 2 40 full false God Is in the House God Is in the House If God has made His house in your life, then you will have a cloud and a fire over you that tells others the Lord Himself is at hand.

]]> If God has made His house in your life, then you will have a cloud and a fire over you that tells others the Lord Himself is at hand.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9179797 Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0500 280 2 39 full false Nothing Is Past Possible with God Nothing Is Past Possible with God All things are made from some things that are currently no thing until God makes it something of it.

]]> All things are made from some things that are currently no thing until God makes it something of it.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9141974 Sun, 05 Sep 2021 07:00:00 -0500 243 2 38 full false Through Him You Can Through Him You Can Whatever you want to do in life, aim to do that through Christ Who is the Power of success for all that you will ever need and want.

]]> Whatever you want to do in life, aim to do that through Christ Who is the Power of success for all that you will ever need and want.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9103500 Sun, 29 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0500 292 2 37 full false Fix Your Heart Towards Him Fix Your Heart Towards Him Ask that the Lord will keep the thoughts and intents of your heart upright before Him, and ask that He will fix your heart to lean toward Him more than towards yourself.  If you do this, He will do what you ask and more of what you do in life will be pleasing to Him.

]]> Ask that the Lord will keep the thoughts and intents of your heart upright before Him, and ask that He will fix your heart to lean toward Him more than towards yourself.  If you do this, He will do what you ask and more of what you do in life will be pleasing to Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9066696 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0500 335 2 36 full false Keep Praying Keep Praying In tough times and in good times, we must learn to always talk with God about the things going on with us.

]]> In tough times and in good times, we must learn to always talk with God about the things going on with us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-9030465 Sun, 15 Aug 2021 06:00:00 -0500 320 2 35 full false Will You Do It? Will You Do It? God must often heal us first of the unseen problem before He can heal us of the thing that we can see.

]]> God must often heal us first of the unseen problem before He can heal us of the thing that we can see.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8993158 Sun, 08 Aug 2021 08:00:00 -0500 282 2 34 full false Live Quietly Among Others Live Quietly Among Others Learn to live a quiet peaceable life in submission to the higher things of the Spirit that are not seen by those who live for themselves.

]]> Learn to live a quiet peaceable life in submission to the higher things of the Spirit that are not seen by those who live for themselves.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8955247 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0500 281 2 33 full false Live Protected Live Protected Learn to live a protected life—a life that says no matter what comes, there is something greater that surrounds the thing that is against you.  Knowing you are protected, wait patiently for the hand of God to deliver you and to deliver the thing that comes against you.

]]> Learn to live a protected life—a life that says no matter what comes, there is something greater that surrounds the thing that is against you.  Knowing you are protected, wait patiently for the hand of God to deliver you and to deliver the thing that comes against you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8917871 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 08:00:00 -0500 326 2 32 full false His Joy, My Strength His Joy, My Strength When we come to know that God loves loving us, we are strengthened in the Spirit to live in ways that enable us to overcome the challenges of life that cause others to stumble.

]]> When we come to know that God loves loving us, we are strengthened in the Spirit to live in ways that enable us to overcome the challenges of life that cause others to stumble.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8880987 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 07:00:00 -0500 270 2 31 full false Lost in Plain Sight Lost in Plain Sight It's possible to be lost even when you know exactly where you are.

]]> It's possible to be lost even when you know exactly where you are.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8843677 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0500 339 2 30 full false A New You A New You God does not want you to take the old you into a new day.

]]> God does not want you to take the old you into a new day.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8808358 Sun, 04 Jul 2021 07:00:00 -0500 372 2 29 full false A Small Voice, Still A Small Voice, Still The secret to the great starts with the small.

]]> The secret to the great starts with the small.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8769699 Sun, 27 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0500 381 2 28 full false Don't Take Transgressions Personal Don't Take Transgressions Personal One day Peter asks Jesus how many times he must forgive a person who sins against him.  “Up to seven times?” he asks.  Peter wasn’t looking for a way to forgive; he was looking for a way to limit forgiveness.  Instead of limiting forgiveness, ask God to give you a Spirit of Forgiveness which has no limit.

]]> One day Peter asks Jesus how many times he must forgive a person who sins against him.  “Up to seven times?” he asks.  Peter wasn’t looking for a way to forgive; he was looking for a way to limit forgiveness.  Instead of limiting forgiveness, ask God to give you a Spirit of Forgiveness which has no limit.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8731963 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 08:00:00 -0500 351 2 27 full false He Cares for You He Cares for You Let God mind your business.

]]> Let God mind your business.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8692867 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0500 321 2 26 full false Wait Wait Wait on the Lord; He will come in time to deliver you.

]]> Wait on the Lord; He will come in time to deliver you.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8651267 Sun, 06 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0500 354 2 25 full false Memorial Stones Memorial Stones Let us create memorial stones in our hearts to remind us to remember that God is for our good and never for our harm, despite our world view which might suggest otherwise.

]]> Let us create memorial stones in our hearts to remind us to remember that God is for our good and never for our harm, despite our world view which might suggest otherwise.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8612426 Sun, 30 May 2021 08:00:00 -0500 321 2 24 full false Memorial Day 2021 Memorial Day 2021 Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8606967 Fri, 28 May 2021 15:00:00 -0500 132 2 23 full false It Is Finished It Is Finished Before He died on the cross, Jesus said, "It is finished."  Can we ever really be finished?

]]> Before He died on the cross, Jesus said, "It is finished."  Can we ever really be finished?

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8570656 Sun, 23 May 2021 06:00:00 -0500 297 2 22 full false One Thing One Thing Often the circumstances of our lives are so challenging that we fail to see the One Thing about Life that matters the most.  Where do we live with our desires?

]]> Often the circumstances of our lives are so challenging that we fail to see the One Thing about Life that matters the most.  Where do we live with our desires?

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8442715 Sun, 02 May 2021 06:00:00 -0500 333 2 19 full false When God Touches Your Heart When God Touches Your Heart When God touches your heart, you wake up each day a changed person.

]]> When God touches your heart, you wake up each day a changed person.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8398662 Sun, 25 Apr 2021 07:00:00 -0500 325 2 18 full false Who Is My Neighbor? Who Is My Neighbor? Live in a Spirit of neighborly love, and you will make neighbors of all people you encounter.

]]> Live in a Spirit of neighborly love, and you will make neighbors of all people you encounter.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8355019 Sun, 18 Apr 2021 07:00:00 -0500 415 2 17 full false Wake Up Chasing Wake Up Chasing God’s greatest people wake up each day chasing after things that draw them nearer to Him. 

]]> God’s greatest people wake up each day chasing after things that draw them nearer to Him. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8311510 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:00:00 -0500 449 2 16 full false He Said It He Said It He said it; do you believe it?

]]> He said it; do you believe it?

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8276564 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0500 381 2 15 full false Good Friday Good Friday Today I have a short message for you on what is good about Good Friday.

]]> Today I have a short message for you on what is good about Good Friday.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8260212 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:00:00 -0500 200 2 14 full false Walls That Must Fall Walls That Must Fall Before God can tear down the walls of your enemies, you must first tear down the walls inside yourself.

]]> Before God can tear down the walls of your enemies, you must first tear down the walls inside yourself.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8224502 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 07:00:00 -0500 516 2 13 full false Where Do You Live? Where Do You Live? You may not be worthy on you own to entertain Jesus in your home.  But when you live in the Love of God, you make your heart Christ’s home.

]]> You may not be worthy on you own to entertain Jesus in your home.  But when you live in the Love of God, you make your heart Christ’s home.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8180497 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0500 380 2 12 full false Stop Telling God What To Do Stop Telling God What To Do God knows how to be God better than we can tell Him to be.   Part 3 of 3 on Prodigal Living.

]]> God knows how to be God better than we can tell Him to be.   Part 3 of 3 on Prodigal Living.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8136161 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0500 569 2 11 full false Come to Your Senses Come to Your Senses In his prodigal living he left good sense and followed nonsense.  He found himself in a pigpen wishing to eat the pigs’ food.  How is that for good thinking?

]]> In his prodigal living he left good sense and followed nonsense.  He found himself in a pigpen wishing to eat the pigs’ food.  How is that for good thinking?

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8092098 Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:00:00 -0600 537 2 10 full false A Certain Person A Certain Person Anyone can be any old person, but the challenge is be a Certain Person in the way this father was.  

]]> Anyone can be any old person, but the challenge is be a Certain Person in the way this father was.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-8043583 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 07:00:00 -0600 551 2 9 full false Take One More Step Take One More Step Have courage to take just one more step.  God is not done yet. 

]]> Have courage to take just one more step.  God is not done yet. 

]]> Buzzsprout-7989649 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:00:00 -0600 549 2 8 full false All Things Are Possible All Things Are Possible Do you know someone who always seems to find a way to see what is not possible?  We must stop believing the impossible.

]]> Do you know someone who always seems to find a way to see what is not possible?  We must stop believing the impossible.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7856473 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:00:00 -0600 231 2 7 full false Wade in the Water Wade in the Water As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman led escaped slaves North to freedom.  One of the songs of the Underground Railroad was the traditional black American Spiritual “Wade in the Water”.  The words of this song are:

 Wade in the water, wade in the water children
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water.

]]> As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman led escaped slaves North to freedom.  One of the songs of the Underground Railroad was the traditional black American Spiritual “Wade in the Water”.  The words of this song are:

 Wade in the water, wade in the water children
Wade in the water,
God's gonna trouble the water.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7721596 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 07:00:00 -0600 258 2 6 full false A Transforming Life A Transforming Life Recently I was up early in the morning.  I walked outside to get our newspaper.  I hurried as it was a cold morning, and I don’t like cold at all.  So I was quick and purposeful as I stepped outside and into an environment that I don’t like.  Then it came to me. 

]]> Recently I was up early in the morning.  I walked outside to get our newspaper.  I hurried as it was a cold morning, and I don’t like cold at all.  So I was quick and purposeful as I stepped outside and into an environment that I don’t like.  Then it came to me. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7635061 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 261 2 5 full false What Did He Say What Did He Say How do you discover what is not clear without using what is clearly before you?

]]> How do you discover what is not clear without using what is clearly before you?

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634998 Sun, 24 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 217 2 4 full false Delight in Advice Delight in Advice Throughout our lives, we will live and listen to a lot of things.  We listen to people–we listen to the media; we listen to teachers; we (or at least some of us, unfortunately) listen to the noise of social media–in a way you are listening to me right now.  But we need to be very careful about who we listen to. 

]]> Throughout our lives, we will live and listen to a lot of things.  We listen to people–we listen to the media; we listen to teachers; we (or at least some of us, unfortunately) listen to the noise of social media–in a way you are listening to me right now.  But we need to be very careful about who we listen to. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634932 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 213 2 3 full false The Battle for Your Life The Battle for Your Life An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.  “It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, lies, pride, superiority, and ego.” He went on, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, goodness, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith – oh and did I say Love. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”  The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”  The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

]]> An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.  “It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, lies, pride, superiority, and ego.” He went on, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, goodness, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith – oh and did I say Love. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”  The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”  The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634914 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 247 2 2 full false Consider Your Ways Consider Your Ways In the movie The Color Purple they sing the song “God is trying to tell you something”.  It is a classic song that speaks to the lengths God will go to speak to us.  In a way He must go to great lengths to talk to us because we will often go to great lengths to miss what He tries to say to us.

]]> In the movie The Color Purple they sing the song “God is trying to tell you something”.  It is a classic song that speaks to the lengths God will go to speak to us.  In a way He must go to great lengths to talk to us because we will often go to great lengths to miss what He tries to say to us.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634893 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0600 232 2 1 full false He Can Work with That He Can Work with That There are many ways believers act no differently from the nonbeliever, but there is one way that is particularly bothersome.  The nonbeliever doesn’t believe in the Lord, so he thinks he must make it on his own.  Then there are believers who know the Lord, but they act as if they must make it in life on their own.  Both fail to realize that the Lord is a heavenly father Who is interested in helping us live successfully here on earth as we are given to serving Him.

]]> There are many ways believers act no differently from the nonbeliever, but there is one way that is particularly bothersome.  The nonbeliever doesn’t believe in the Lord, so he thinks he must make it on his own.  Then there are believers who know the Lord, but they act as if they must make it in life on their own.  Both fail to realize that the Lord is a heavenly father Who is interested in helping us live successfully here on earth as we are given to serving Him.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634824 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600 232 1 9 full false Your Genealogy Your Genealogy Today my message is about the genealogy of you.  But unlike the many ancestry tools we have today that are supposed to take a sample of your DNA and trace your beginnings back to someone or some people, the question we are asking is in whose life can we trace  your future? 

]]> Today my message is about the genealogy of you.  But unlike the many ancestry tools we have today that are supposed to take a sample of your DNA and trace your beginnings back to someone or some people, the question we are asking is in whose life can we trace  your future? 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634776 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600 252 1 8 full false Glory in This Glory in This Jesus warns us about being the kind of people who trust in themselves that they are righteous and they look down on others. 

]]> Jesus warns us about being the kind of people who trust in themselves that they are righteous and they look down on others. 

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634755 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600 215 1 8 full false Hands Off Your Blessings Hands Off Your Blessings Joseph grabbed his father’s hands and tried to reverse them, but Jacob knew what he was doing.

]]> Joseph grabbed his father’s hands and tried to reverse them, but Jacob knew what he was doing.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634656 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600 172 1 7 full false But I Will But I Will In the book of Isaiah, scripture recounts a conversation King Hezekiah had with God:  “For hell cannot thank You; death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the grave cannot hope for Your Truth. The living, the living man, he shall praise You, as I do this day.  The father shall make known Your Truth to the children”.

]]> In the book of Isaiah, scripture recounts a conversation King Hezekiah had with God:  “For hell cannot thank You; death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the grave cannot hope for Your Truth. The living, the living man, he shall praise You, as I do this day.  The father shall make known Your Truth to the children”.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634608 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0600 165 1 6 full false Speak to Yourself Speak to Yourself Why can’t we make ourselves be what we try to make others to be? Why can’t we make ourselves do what we try to make others do?  Why don’t we view ourselves with the same judgment we view others?  

]]> Why can’t we make ourselves be what we try to make others to be? Why can’t we make ourselves do what we try to make others do?  Why don’t we view ourselves with the same judgment we view others?  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634167 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0600 204 1 5 full false Peace in the Storms of Life Peace in the Storms of Life I was once a very fickle person; changing my mind often.  I cared only for what cared for me. I loved only what loved me.  And worse, I judged most things to be unworthy of my best because I thought my best was deserved by only the best.  I was like many people whose nature is to run away from our storms and to the safety of the shelters we built for ourselves.

]]> I was once a very fickle person; changing my mind often.  I cared only for what cared for me. I loved only what loved me.  And worse, I judged most things to be unworthy of my best because I thought my best was deserved by only the best.  I was like many people whose nature is to run away from our storms and to the safety of the shelters we built for ourselves.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7634092 Sun, 15 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0600 157 1 4 full false Lips that Cannot Stop Moving Lips that Cannot Stop Moving “The Lord said; for as much as this people draw near Me with their mouths, and with their lips they do honor Me, but they have removed their heart far from Me” (Isaiah 29:13).  

]]> “The Lord said; for as much as this people draw near Me with their mouths, and with their lips they do honor Me, but they have removed their heart far from Me” (Isaiah 29:13).  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7633936 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0600 186 1 3 full false Anxiety Robs Confidence! Anxiety Robs Confidence! Anxiety robs confidence!  Hebrews 13:5 says “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have.  For He Himself has said “I will never leave you nor forsake you””.  A few years ago I studied for six months and took a 400 question, six hour test for a professional certification I needed for my work. There were over two hundred people gathered together with me on the day of the test.  Half of them walked out of the testing center after only two hours- discouraged because the test was not easy.  I was one of the last people to finish.  At first I was overwhelmed at the magnitude of questions and the things I needed to know.  But I knew I had diligently studied and prepared myself; I was happy going into the test so I knew I would be happy coming through it.  

]]> Anxiety robs confidence!  Hebrews 13:5 says “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have.  For He Himself has said “I will never leave you nor forsake you””.  A few years ago I studied for six months and took a 400 question, six hour test for a professional certification I needed for my work. There were over two hundred people gathered together with me on the day of the test.  Half of them walked out of the testing center after only two hours- discouraged because the test was not easy.  I was one of the last people to finish.  At first I was overwhelmed at the magnitude of questions and the things I needed to know.  But I knew I had diligently studied and prepared myself; I was happy going into the test so I knew I would be happy coming through it.  

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7619047 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 16:00:00 -0600 194 1 2 full false Inspirational Self Awareness Inspirational Self Awareness You need my self-awareness.  In the book of Matthew 7:3 we are asked “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye”?  One day I stopped to answer this question.

]]> You need my self-awareness.  In the book of Matthew 7:3 we are asked “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye”?  One day I stopped to answer this question.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7618912 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:00:00 -0500 175 1 1 full false About Me About Me In this episode, we meet the author and voice of LiveDelivered.com

]]> In this episode, we meet the author and voice of LiveDelivered.com

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7661440 Thu, 02 Jan 2020 15:00:00 -0600 201 2 full false A Moment at the Well A Moment at the Well This episode explains why these Podcasts exist.  My Moment at the Well can be your Moment at the Well too.

]]> This episode explains why these Podcasts exist.  My Moment at the Well can be your Moment at the Well too.

]]> Allen Forte Buzzsprout-7661224 Wed, 01 Jan 2020 15:00:00 -0600 203 1 full false