I don’t know about you, but I have been guilty, at times, of “name-dropping” if it will gain me an advantage.  I know the people I am with, and I know some people they admire.  If I have had a relationship with those people, I will just casually (or not so casually) slip in the fact that I know that …

There is not a day that passes that I do not need to call on my Heavenly Father, not only for help, but for “extra” help.  Some days we might feel that we need it more than others, but the reality is that a firm dependence on God is a sign of spirituality.  We have within us a sin nature …