I believe we are headed for some drastic tough times. Getting through tough times will be something that in all honesty, will not be in the hands of government, politicians, Wall Street, or corporate America. It will be dumped in the lap of everyday Americans like you and I. They will not feel the tough times, they have their futures secured. It will be you and I that have to survive this coming economic crisis. So my responsibility to you, as a pastor and servant of Jesus, is to help you figure out how to get through these tough times ahead. Rest assured we are headed there and I don't see a way past it. Psalm 55:16 16 As for me, I will call upon God And the LORD shall save me.  If you are serious about getting through tough times then you must get serious with God. I am not a doom and gloom preacher, nor do I qualify to be a hell fire and brimstone preacher, but the fact remains that our nation, composed of over 300 million individuals, has left the faith of our founding father… [more]

Everybody in life goes through hard times and needs some inspirational quotes for difficult times. Even though I am a pastor and have been a Christian for 32 years, I am not immune to hard times. I know from experience that when a person is going through difficulties that it is not the time to point fingers at them, but inspire them. Right now in our nation, hundreds of thousands of people are experiencing difficult times. Between the jobless rate, the bank foreclosures, and the natural disasters that have hit our country, people need to be inspired. I have put together this list of inspirational quotes for difficult times from different people in the bible to encourage them, and myself during these trying times.I hope that in the reading of these inspirational quotes for difficult times, that you will find some encouragement, some inspiration, some still small voice that tells you not to give up. That tough times never last, but tough people do. You are not alone, you can make it thro… [more]