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 Romans 5 YOU ARE PART OF A NEW HUMANITY IN CHRIST Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were …
TOPICS: destiny, nature, new birth, new life, Romans 5, salvation, sin
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 50 GOD IS YOUR GLORIOUS DELIVERER Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. (Psalm 50:14-15) Days of …
TOPICS: answers, deliverance, help, prayer, Psalm 50
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 49 GOD IS YOUR ETERNAL SECURITY Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases. For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. (Psalm 49:16-17) Have you ever …
TOPICS: destiny, fairness, perspective, Psalm 49, salvation, truth
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 4 WHEN YOU LIFT GOD UP, HE LIFTS YOU UP, TOO He grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God. (Romans 4:20b) In the midst of impossible circumstances, Abraham’s faith stayed strong. In the face of unbeatable odds, Abraham’s confidence …
TOPICS: faith, glory, help, perspective, praise, prayer, Romans 4, strength
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 3 GRACE WILL SET YOU FREE For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by …
TOPICS: faith, forgiveness, freedom, innocence, regret, Romans 3, salvation, shame, sin
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 2 GOD WANTS TO FREE YOUR HEART For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by …
TOPICS: behavior, circumcision, clean hands, deliverance, family, freedom, grace, morality, obedience, pure heart, Romans 2, salvation
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 1 GOD GAVE YOU A GREATER CALLING Paul, a bondservant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God. (Romans 1:1) The issue of calling is one we deal with throughout our life. As we grow up, …
TOPICS: destiny, family, Gospel, mission, priorities, purpose, Romans 1, salvation, service, vocation, Work
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 28 YOUR LIFE MATTERS BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL [Paul] lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance. …
TOPICS: Acts 28, destiny, meaning, purpose, redemption
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 48 GOD IS FAITHFUL TO DELIVER YOU As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. (Psalm 48:8) It’s one thing to believe something you’ve …
TOPICS: deliverance, hope, Psalm 48, rescue
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 47 GOD IS THE GREATEST AUTHORITY God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. (Psalm 47:8) Nations rise and grow strong, then weaken and eventually fall. Societies grow and expand, then contract and inevitably collapse. As surely as winter follows …
TOPICS: culture, government, history, nations, perspective, Psalm 47, social justice, society
