Road rage. Horn blasting, steering wheel thumping and incomprehensible mutterings as you tail gate. The exasperation of waiting for a real person to help you over the phone as the music or company promo's annoy your ear drums. The anxiety of waiting to hear back from a job interview. The frustration of waiting for God to intervene in your life. "Why can't He just snap His fingers and make it happen? This is getting ridiculous - does He even care about my situation?!!"

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Here is a verse you can convert into a wall hanging or a 5X7 desktop text or a screen-saver. With all the techno-geeks out there, creating an impressive looking text on your computer and printing it off is a breeze these days. You don’t have to be a skilled calligrapher.

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Fear, anxiety and worry are powerful emotions that can lead to mistakes, poor judgment and a failure to act when I should have acted. Fear can cause me to retreat. Anxiety can rob me of joy. Worry can undermine my energy levels. Fear can cloud my vision of the future. Anxiety can make me difficult to live with. Worry can turn me into a constant ditherer. Fear erodes my confidence. Anxiety can bring on a cardiac arrest. Worry can isolate me from my friends.

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I just finished reading Paul’s first letter to the believers in Corinth. He tackled some huge, complex and very sensitive issues that had the potential to decimate and destroy the local church. What struck me this morning when I was reading the closing chapter was the last verse. "My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen." I checked the closing verses of Paul’s other letters and I think the most intimate and loving sign-off was 1 Corinthians 16:24. "My love...." The most common sign-off is: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you."

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Zoom! Zoom! The sound of a Porsche 911 whizzing by me as I chug along down the highway. Then a Land Rover Discovery cruises by followed by a Volvo XC90. Ummmm?? What would I have to do to end up driving a rig like that? What changes could I make in my life to eventually own a luxury vehicle or a mansion on a lake or a concert grand Steinway piano? How could I ever take a year off and travel the world and enjoy one of those exotic African Safari adventures? It all smacks of prosperity, success and a life of ease and pleasure. But is that what success looks like from a christian perspective? From the vantage point of a believer, what constitutes prosperity?

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After you finish reading this Bible Bite you will get on with your normal daily activities. What's normal for you? Throughout your day do you perform good deeds to benefit others? Or is the 'good works' thing for christians who are retired and have nothing better to do? God intends for all of us to be distinguished by good works. One of the defining marks of every believer should be their good works.

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Years ago the acronym FMS struck me as a powerful abbreviation. The three words it represents can revolutionize a Christian's life. FMS can catapult a discouraged and downtrodden christian into an energized, upbeat, on-fire believer. A daily dose of FMS thinking can make all the difference in a Christian's day - the difference between black thinking and bright thoughts; between a negative outlook and a positive perspective; between a moping, sad-hearted saint and a bundle of energetic desires for the Lord. FMS is the one critical ingredient in a Christian's life - if it is missing or becomes clouded from my view, I will faint or wallow in despair. When FMS is ringing in every chamber of my heart, then I will bounce out of bed in the morning (rather than crawl) ready to honor and serve the Lord throughout another day.

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To some it seemed like such a waste. Others looked on with amazement. They could see the towering blaze and smell the smoke - a group of people were having a huge bonfire. Mental calculators were clicking as people closely watched the bonfire grow. Another former magician arrives with his box of books and throws his favored belongings one by one into the fire. Witches and psychics arrive and add some more fuel to the fire. Finally someone estimates that the books and materials burned in the Ephesus Bonfire were worth 50,000 pieces of silver. CNN or Fox News weren't around back then, but you can imagine the headlines the next day! Former Witches, Magicians, Necromancers and Psychics Abandon Their Trade and Embrace Jesus Christ.

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