We Will Ride Ministries

05/29/2026

DON'T JUST BE OPEN.....ASK!

You do not have, because you do not ask. James 4:2

God loves you very much and wants to help you, but you need to ask Him to. A man told me recently that when he feels overwhelmed, he lifts up one hand toward heaven and says, "Come get me, Jesus." God hears the faintest cry of your heart, so stop trying to do everything on your own, and ask Him for help.

For example, the next time you are tempted to eat because you're upset or sad, say "no" out loud. Then go sit quietly for a moment and ask God to help you in your situation. You'll be amazed at how much of a difference asking makes. More often than not, you'll find that you suddenly have the strength to resist the temptation. But you have to really ask; you can't just tell yourself that you're open to God's help.

You may not think that God cares about something as simply as your eating habits, but He does. He cares about everything that concerns you-the big as well as the small. He wants you healthy, and He is willing to help, if you'll just let Him. Don't pray to Him to simply break your addictions; instead, pray to Him to help you find the spiritual strength to make the lifestyle changes that will set you free from the problem. As we choose to do what is right and lean on Him to give us strength, His power enables us to follow through and experience victory.

Prayer and meditation on God's Word are excellent practices to nourish your spirit. It is spiritual food. Studying God's Word and prayer are traditional methods of making contact with God, but other activities can also make you receptive to His nourishing love. Read something that encourages you and gives you hope. Keep a gratitude journal where you list the good things that happen to you that day (and there are good things in every day!). Feed your spirit regularly, and you will be healthy and strong inside and out.

TRUST IN HIM: What are you asking God for? It's never too big or too small to bring before Him in prayer-when you do, you can trust that He's heard you whether it feels like it or not.

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05/28/2026

LEARN TO FACE TRUTH

And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. John 8:32

God's Word is truth, and learning to face truth in every situation is the road to victory. For many years I was extremely difficult to get along with, but I blamed my bad behavior on my circumstances and other people. I was totally unable to change until I faced the truth that I was the problem. I had a bad attitude, and I was selfish. It was emotionally painful for me to admit that I was the problem, but it was a pain that led me to freedom.

It is easy for us to see what is wrong with other people, but it is very difficult for us to see ourselves as we really are. Ask God to reveal you to you! Ask Him to show you anything about you that needs to change, then face it and let Him help you get free. God wants to set us free from the things that torment us, but it is not possible unless we face truth.

Satan is the father of deception and lies, and of course he wants us to be self-deceived so he can keep us in bo***ge. He is terrified of the truth because he knows that when we face truth, he will lose his control over us. Beware of blaming! Blaming others for existing problems started with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and still exists today. Even if I am late for an appointment, I find myself wanting to blame someone for making me late, but the truth is that I should have managed my time better.

If you are willing to start seeking truth in every situation, you will grow spiritually and begin to experience more freedom and joy than ever before.

TRUST IN HIM: Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life!" Ask Him to show you truth and trust that it will lead you to freedom!

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05/27/2026

TRULY KNOW GOD

[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power overflowing from His resurrection..... Philippians 3:10

There is a big difference in knowing God and in knowing about God. When we truly know God, we also experience {know} His power. Many Christians live too much by feeling. If they feel joyful and happy, then they say God is blessing them, but if they feel blah, cold, or flat, then they might be heard asking, "Where is God today?" If their prayer is not answered to their satisfaction, they ask where God is. When we experienced the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City on 9/11, a newscaster asked, "Where was God when all of this happened?" Had this newscaster known God, he would never have asked such a question.

If we have a true knowledge of God, we are not disturbed by any scientific view, or any theories of evolution or so-called contradictions in Bible translations. We have a perfect assurance that God is, and knowing that, then we know that nothing else matters. We do not feel a need to explain things, because we know what cannot be explained in words. Paul said he saw things when he had visions of heaven that he could not explain. Men always want to explain God, but if we know Him truly, then the first thing we give up is trying to understand Him or explain Him. The person who knows spiritually has no need to understand everything mentally.

Pray daily for a spirit of wisdom and revelation that you might now God and His Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One. Celebrate that you know God, that you are an eternal being, and that you are progressively coming to know Him better as each day passes by. What an amazing blessing it is to know God. It should make us want to shout for joy. Celebrate because you have joined Jesus' party!!!!!

TRUST IN HIM: Spend time with God today, getting to know Him a little more each day. You won't trust Him if you don't truly know Him!

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05/26/2026

A TIME TO REMEMBER

Having eyes, do you not see [with them], and having ears, do you not hear and perceive and understand the sense of what is said? And do you not remember? Mark 8:18

I have often said I think we forget what we should remember and remember what we should forget. Jesus chastised the disciples on one of their journeys because they had forgotten about a miracle He had done. They had started out on a trip and suddenly remembered that they hard forgotten to bring enough bread. They had only one loaf, and that would not be nearly enough. In a short while Jesus began to teach the disciples to beware of, and on their guard concerning, the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod. Jesus of course was talking about being on their guard against deception, but the disciples reasoned among themselves that He was talking about the fact that they had forgotten to bring bread, as if that would have concerned Jesus at all. He then began to chastise them, asking if they had forgotten when He fed five thousand people with five loaves of bread. Had they forgotten another amazing miracle when He fed four thousand with seven loaves? Had they remembered, they would not be worried about going hungry because of not having brought enough bread with them.

If we would remember the miracles God has done in our past, we would not so easily fall into worry and fear when we face new challenges. When David was facing Goliath and nobody was encouraging him, he remembered the lion and the bear that he had already slain with God's help. Because of remembering the past, he had no fear of the current situation.

Are you facing something right now that looms before you like a giant in your life? Is it illness or financial lack? Is it relationship problems? Is it something you have never done before and you don't know where to begin? The truth is that it doesn't matter what it is because nothing is impossible for God. Take some time right now and recall some of the things He has helped you with and brought you through in the past. Think about and talk about those things, and you will find courage filling your heart.

TRUST IN HIM: Take time to remember a specific instance in which God provided for you. Celebrate it. This will increase your ability to trust Him.

05/23/2026

PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFICULT TO GET ALONG WITH

If you [merely], love those who love you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the [very] sinners love their lovers (those who love them). Luke 6:32

I am very thankful that I know the Word of God and have Him in my life to help and comfort me. But I try to remember that a lot of people in the world who are difficult to get along with don't have that. I always want my behavior to be a witness for Christ and not something that would make Him ashamed of me. That being the case, I have had to work very hard with the Holy Spirit to develop the ability to act on the Word of God when people are rude instead of merely reacting to them with behavior that matches or tops theirs.

This issue is actually very common, which means that we all will deal with difficult people on and off throughout our lives. People are everywhere, and not all of them are pleasant. So we must make a decision about how we are going to react toward them. Will you act on the Word of God and love them for His sake? Or will you merely react emotionally and end up perhaps acting worse than they act? Have you ever let a rude person ruin your day? Make a decision that you will not ever do that again because when you do, you are wasting some of the precious time that God has given you. When a day is gone, you can never get it back, so I urge you not to waste it being emotionally distraught over someone you may never even see again.

If you are in a situation that requires you to be with one of the hard-to-get-along-with people every day, I urge you to pray for them instead of reacting emotionally to them. Our prayers open a door for God to work through, Sometimes when we pray, God will lead us to confront a person like that. When He does, remember that confrontation should still be done in the spirit of love.

TRUST IN HIM: Is there a person in your life who's difficult to be around? Pray and ask God to teach you how to respond to them in every situation.

05/22/2026

THE GOOD KIND OF HUNGER

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6

Today more people are spiritually malnourished than ever before. Too many elements of society distract people from their eternal souls and encourage them to concentrate on material life instead.

Caught up in this lifestyle, many people mistake the void they feel inside for physical hunger. They were never taught to recognize spiritual hunger, or what to do about it if they do recognize it. Since they don't know what to do about the pain and loneliness, they reach for the quickest fix they know: food, drugs, alcohol, or other material pleasures.

We all have these moments at times. You wander through a summer field of fireflies and suddenly feel still and awed at the beauty of it all. You hold your new son or grandson on your lap and feel a great spiritual bond of love all around you. You're sitting in a pew Sunday morning and the light comes through the stained glass and fills your heart with joy. The moment is complete in itself. You don't think, My heart is full of joy, and boy do I wish I had a slice of chocolate cake in my hand! You can know the complete fulfillment of spiritual nourishment, and know that if you will experience it regularly, you'll have no problem craving earthly things.

In fact, we should all feel those transcendent moments more often than we do. I believe they are essential to physical, emotional, and spiritual health. And I think we spend too little time trying to achieve them and too much time meditating on our problems. Get your mind off the problems, and spend more time meditating on the one true source of nourishment-God's love.

TRUST IN HIM: When was the last time you felt awed by God and filled to overflowing with joy? Trust God to meet with you this way on a regular basis.

05/21/2026

DISAPPOINTED? GET REAPPOINTED

Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way? Proverbs 20:24

This Scripture has stabilized my emotions many times when I was in a hurry to get somewhere, and found myself at a standstill in traffic on the highway. Initially, I get a sinking feeling, then I get aggravated, and than I say, "Well, since my steps are ordered by the Lord, I will calm down and thank God that I am right where He wants me," I also remind myself that God may be saving me from an accident farther down the road by keeping me where I am. Trusting God is absolutely wonderful because it soothes our wild thoughts and emotions when things don't go the way we had planned.

I learned long ago that with God on our side, even though we will experience disappointments in life, we can always get "reappointed." If you or I have a doctor's appointment and he has an emergency and has to cancel, we simply make another appointment. Life can be that way, too. Trusting that God has a good plan for us, and that our steps are ordered by Him, is the key to preventing disappointment from turning into despair.

How do you react when you get disappointed? How long does it take for you to make a transition and get reappointed? Are you acting on the Word of God or merely reacting emotionally to the circumstances? Are you controlled by what is around you, or by Jesus, Who lives inside you?

Trusting God completely and believing that His plan for you is right is infinitely better than trusting your own plan. It is impossible to be mad at someone you really believe has your best interest in mind. And God is always for us, never against us. He is the only One Who can help you and truly comfort you: therefore, it is much better to run to Him in your disappointment than away from Him.

TRUST IN HIM: Trust God to reappointed you-when you do, it will calm your thoughts and emotions.

05/20/2026

YOUR THOUGHTS ARE POWERFUL

I know and am convinced (persuaded) as one in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is [forbidden as} essentially unclean (defiled and unholy in itself). But [none the less} it is unclean (defiled and unholy) to anyone who thinks it is unclean. Romans 14:14

Responding to a heated debate over whether or not Christians in early Church should eat meat that had been offered to idols, Paul indicates in Romans 14:14 his strong belief that thoughts are very powerful. Paul did not believe meat offered to idols could be tainted, because he knew idols were nothing but wood or stone. However, many people did not see things as Paul did, and he understood that. So his advice to them was not to eat. the meat if they thought it was unclean. He knew that once they believed the meat was unclean in their conscience, it didn't matter if it was unclean or not. Their thoughts would condemn them.

The more I ponder on Romans 14:14, the more amazed I am by the depth of Paul's insight. The principal he understood was true when applied to meat offered to idols in ancient times, and it is still true today in any area of life. For example, if you think, "I will never get a good job," you aren't likely to get one. If your thoughts have convinced you that you can never do anything right, you'll tend to make more mistakes than normal and have a high rate of failure.

Also for many people, whatever "they" say becomes truth-and "they" may be the news media, a celebrity, a group of friends, or others who enjoy sharing opinions but may or may not really have an idea what is true. When you and I believe lies, our minds can actually limit us and even keep us from doing what God created us to do.

But if we will contend for the truth, embrace the truth, and build our lives upon the truth, we will succeed in every endeavor.

TRUST IN HIM: What's the one though holding you back from what God has for you? Trust God more than you trust that thought. Don't try to fight those thoughts with your willpower alone-challenge them with God's Word.

05/19/2026

YOU CAN OVERCOME OPPOSITION

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh for us, for you, arm yourselves with the same thought and purpose [patiently to suffer rather than fail to please God]. 1 Peter 4:1

God did not send the power of His Spirit into our lives so we could be weak-willed, wimpy, or the type of person who gives up when the going gets tough. God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind (see 2 Timothy 1:7).

In the beginning of my ministry, God gave me a dream. In the dream, I was driving down a highway and I noticed cars pulling off. Some were parking, and others were turning around to go back where they came from. I assumed there must be trouble up ahead but could not see what it was. As I boldly continued to drive forward, I saw a bridge with water from the river below starting to flow across it. I realized that people in the cars were afraid they might get hurt or get somewhere and not be able to get back. My dream ended with me sitting in my car looking first at the water-covered bridge, back where I had been, and to the side of the road, trying to decide if I should park, retreat, or keep moving forward. Then I woke up.

God used that dream to show me that there will always be opposition when pressing toward a goal. There will always be opportunity to park and go no further or turn around and give up. It was up to me to decide each time if I would give up or go on. That dream has helped me many times to press on when difficulties came and I was tempted to quit. I have decided that even though I sometimes make mistakes, and I may not always get the result that I hope for, I will never quit! Determination will get you a lot further than talent. So if you feel you lack in talent, take heart. All you need to win in life is a determination to never give up and keep pressing forward.

TRUST IN HIM: You can do whatever you need to do in life through Christ Who is your Strength. Trust Him completely and press toward victory.

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05/18/2026

YOUR PLANS OR GOD'S PLANS

A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure. Proverbs 16:9

We must learn to wait for God's plans to develop. He perfects everything that concerns us. True boldness moves in God's timing, it moves at the right time.

During the three years of Jesus' earthly ministry, people thought He was crazy. His own brothers were embarrassed by Him, and in an effort to save their reputation, they told Him He needed to go somewhere else and do His works. If He was unwilling to do that, they had another option for Him. They told Him to take action and stop doing His works in secret. They tried to convince Him it was time to show Himself and His works to the world. In other words, they wanted Jesus to impress the people with what He could do.

He responded to them by saying, "My time (opportunity) has not come yet....." (John 7:6).

How many of us could show that type of self-control? If you could do the miracles that He could do and were made fun of and challenged to show your stuff, what would you do? Would you wait until your absolutely knew that it was the right time, or would you take action that was not sanctioned by God?

It is good to have plans, and I believe we should plan boldly and aggressively, but we must be wise enough to know that our plans will ultimately fail without God. God's Word says, "Except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it..." (Psalms 127:1). We can build without God as our foundations, but like any building without a strong foundation, we will eventually fail.

TRUST IN HIM: Are you operating in your own timing, or are you trusting God's timing? Trust God-His plans are always best!