Free at last, my sins are forgiven! Thank God, I’m free at last … but what does this MEAN? Forgiveness of sin means I am ...
“… intent on one purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.” –Philippians 2:2b-3 ...
The difference between “worthy” and “entitled” is a willingness to do the work. A worthy person believes they are qualified to receive good things, and ...
My 5-year old daughter loves to find birds in our neighborhood and try to call them to come to her. “Tweet tweet” she says. “Tweet ...
Every new day is a new page, blank on one side and covered on the other with all that has come before. You cannot change ...
Have you ever had that moment where you stand on a scale to weigh yourself, see the numbers fluctuating, and try to *will* them to ...
I got lost at DFW International Airport when I was 6 years old. My father and I were there to pick up a family member, ...
“This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.” -1 John 5:4b God has shown you the pathway to ultimate victory, a salvation ...
On a bike ride with my family the other day, a black snake darted right across our path. Thankfully, we simply rolled on by and ...
There is so much sin, failure, and wrong in the lineage of Jesus recorded in Matthew 1 that you might think these people would be ...
This is my Easy Button, a desktop toy from Staples that added flare and fun to my working environment for many years. I’m throwing it ...
GREAT LEADERS know when to step up, and when to step down. They are ready to step in when needed, and willing to step aside ...
A couple of weeks ago, billionaire Jeff Bezos had a really, really important conversation with a 90-year old man that could have gone really, really ...
Did you hear Captain Kirk finally made it to space for real? Last week, 90-year-old William Shatner not only became the oldest person ever to ...
On September 11, 2001, I was working at the News-Press, our local paper. Like every other American, that morning I woke to a new world, ...
Plenty of people talk about the power of organic marketing and how simple it can be when done correctly. But if you do it wrong… ...
A few weeks ago I got sick and wondered what everyone does these days… “Is it Covid? It turns out it wasn’t, but… I was ...
It’s easy to assume the current way you’re working, living, and operating is just “the way things are.” Until you discover a better way. It’s ...
Remember when the whole world lost their mind over toilet paper? Stores couldn’t keep it in stock. People hoarded it and treated it like gold. ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 42 GOD IS YOUR HOPE FOR TOMORROW As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before God? (Psalm 42:1-2, HCSB) Longing and thirst are …
TOPICS: communion, dryness, feelings, intimacy, prayer, Psalm 42, stagnation
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 41 JESUS TRIUMPHED SO YOU CAN, TOO Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! By …
TOPICS: acceptance, betrayal, forgiveness, Psalm 41, struggle, trial, victory
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 12 JESUS HAS A RESCUE JUST FOR YOU About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, …
TOPICS: Acts 12, deliverance, perspective, salvation, trouble
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 11 YOU ARE UNCOMMONLY VALUABLE IN CHRIST But the voice answered a second time from heaven, “What God has made clean, do not call common.” (Acts 11:9) Ranking systems are everywhere. From school grades to sports standings, restaurant reviews to religious orders, the …
TOPICS: Acts 11, cleanness, holiness, redemption, relationship, self-esteem, self-image, value, worth
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 10 GOD IS WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon’s house, stood at the gate and …
TOPICS: Acts 10, circumstances, faith, obedience, providence
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 9 JESUS CHOOSES THE ANTI-QUALIFIED But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on …
TOPICS: Acts 9, calling, destiny, forgiveness, ministry, redemption, transformation
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 8 YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. (Acts 8:35) Philip was in an unusual spot. As far as we know, he had not …
TOPICS: Acts 8, empowerment, evangelism, faith, witnessing
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 40 GOD THINKS OF YOU WITH MERCY As for You, O Lord, You will not restrain Your mercy from me; Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness will ever preserve me! … As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes …
TOPICS: deliverance, forgiveness, grace, love, mercy, Psalm 40, salvation
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 39 ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE CAN SET YOU FREE RIGHT NOW I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my …
TOPICS: death, eternity, freedom, heaven, life, mortality, Psalm 39, truth
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 7 YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL IN GOD’S SIGHT “At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God’s sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house.” (Acts 7:20) Moses was only a baby, just born into the …
TOPICS: acceptance, Acts 7, chosen, destiny, favor, Moses, redemption, salvation
