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 1 Corinthians 11 JESUS IS COMMITTED TO YOU The Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 11, communion, covenant, faithfulness, grace, Lord's Supper, mercy, salvation
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 10 GOD IS FOR YOU WHEN YOU’RE TEMPTED No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 10, battle, greed, lust, sin, spiritual warfare, struggle, temptation, victory
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 9 YOUR WORK FOR THE KINGDOM HAS INFINITE WORTH Do you not know that in a race all runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 9, calling, diligence, ministry, persistence, purpose, reward, service
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 57 GOD IS THE PROTECTOR OF YOUR PURPOSE I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. He will send from heaven and save me; He will put to shame him who tramples on me. (Psalm 57:2-3a) …
TOPICS: calling, destiny, encouragement, faith, faithfulness, mission, Psalm 57
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 8 GOD GIVES YOU FREEDOM TO FIGURE IT OUT Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take care that this right of yours does …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 8, church, conscience, convictions, culture, grace, growing, learning, love, morality
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 7 YOU ARE A PRECIOUS POSSESSION OF GOD You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. (1 Corinthians 7:23) Commerce buys and sells things of value. Slavery values things differently. The more someone pays for something, the more …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 7, ownership, purpose, redemption, salvation, self-esteem, value, worth
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 6 YOU ARE COMPLETELY CLEAN IN CHRIST And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:11) “Such …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 6, forgiveness, identity, redemption, sanctification, sin
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 5 GOD’S DISCIPLINE IS FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 5:5) It sounds so harsh. It …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 5, church discipline, consequences, judgment, pain, punishment, repentance, restoration, sexual immorality, sin
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 4 IT’S NOT OVER ‘TIL GOD SAYS IT IS Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 4, calling, commitment, destiny, diligence, faith, perseverance, steadfastness
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 56 GOD WILL BE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man …
TOPICS: adversity, fear, need, prayer, Psalm 56, strength, trial, trouble, trust, worry
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