Christmas Lights (Or, “How I Found Perspective Because My Son Really Had to Pee”) My son really had to pee. We’d been driving for an ...
An angel of the Lord appeared to [Zechariah], standing to the right of the altar of incense. (Luke 1:11) Every detail matters in Scripture. Here, ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Philemon GOD REVEALS HIS BLESSINGS THROUGH COMMUNITY And I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Titus 3 GOD MADE YOU AN ETERNAL HEIR He saved us, not because of works done by us in ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 2 Timothy 2 JESUS IS YOUR FIRM FOUNDATION But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 2 Timothy 1 JESUS IS FAITHFUL THROUGH GENERATIONS I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 79 GOD SAVES YOU FOR HIS GLORY Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Timothy 6 GOD WANTS TO BE GENEROUS WITH YOU As for the rich in this present age, charge ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart From 1 Timothy 5 GOD WILL MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE YOUR REWARD The sins of some people are conspicuous, going ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Timothy 4 GOD CREATED GOOD THINGS FOR YOU For everything created by God is good, and nothing is ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Timothy 3 YOU ARE PART OF THE FOUNDATION But if I should be delayed, I have written so ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Timothy 2 JESUS IS YOUR PERFECT PATH TO GOD For there is one God, and there is one ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 78 YOUR FATHER WANTS YOU TO COME HOME Their heart was not steadfast toward Him; they were not ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Timothy 1 JESUS IS YOUR OVERFLOWING GRACE And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the ...
Entitlement is the mortal enemy of gratitude. The more we feel we deserve something, the less likely we are to feel grateful when it comes. So, the great and tragic irony of modern marketing is this: the more advertisers tell us we deserve whatever product or service or lifestyle they …
TOPICS: consumerism, contentment, gratefulness, materialism, perspective, thanks
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 1 JESUS LOVES TO LOVE YOU WHEN YOU LOSE For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 1, acceptance, calling, losing, love, winning
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 16 GOD IS PREPARING YOUR VICTORY The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (Romans 16:20) Peace does not come merely from the absence of conflict, but by persistence through …
TOPICS: deliverance, grace, power, Romans 16, salvation, spiritual warfare, temptation, trial, triumph
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 15 HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS YOU HOPE May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:13) What happens when believers are filled with …
TOPICS: christian life, filling, power, Romans 15, spiritual gifts
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 14 GOD’S KINGDOM IS YOUR COMMUNITY For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So …
TOPICS: christian life, church, connection, fellowship, joy, love, peace, righteousness, Romans 14
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 13 YOUR REDEMPTION GETS CLOSER EVERY DAY The hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us than when we first believed. (Romans 13:11b) Have you ever wanted to hide from your problems, or maybe go to …
TOPICS: faithfulness, future, love, patience, persistence, Romans 13, salvation
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 11 YOUR LIFE IS ALL ABOUT JESUS For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen. (Romans 11:36) Over and over in the Bible, we see that salvation and grace come from God. They …
TOPICS: clarity, consistency, joy, perspective, power, purpose, Romans 11
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 10 IN CHRIST, YOU ARE NEVER SECOND-CLASS For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing His riches on all who call on Him. (Romans 10:12) There are no second-class citizens in the Kingdom …
TOPICS: belonging, citizenship, identity, inheritance, kingdom, purpose, ranking, rewards, Romans 10, sonship, value
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 52 GOD’S LOVE MAKES YOU STEADFAST “See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!” But I am like a green olive tree in the house of …
TOPICS: confidence, faith, growth, hope, Psalm 52, security, steadfastness, trust
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 51 GOD BUILDS BROKENNESS INTO PRAISE For You will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You …
TOPICS: brokenness, healing, hurt, pain, perspective, Psalm 51, redemption, repentance, restoration, suffering
