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 Philippians 3 JESUS CHOSE YOU ANYWAY Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me His own. (Philippians 3:12) You’re not always an all-star Christian, are you? …
TOPICS: election, love, perfection, Philippians 3, predestination, value
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Ephesians 3 THE LOVE OF CHRIST WILL FILL YOU UP [I pray that you may] know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19) It’s one thing to have knowledge about someone. …
TOPICS: Ephesians 3, experience, fullness, knowledge, love
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 66 GOD WILL NEVER REJECT YOU Blessed be God, because He has not rejected my prayer or removed His steadfast love from me! (Psalm 66:20) We live in a world full of rejection. For all sorts of reasons, people will turn away from …
TOPICS: acceptance, faithfulness, family, love, Psalm 66, rejection, salvation, steadfastness
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 14 GOD GIVES YOU POWER TO STRENGTHEN HIS CHURCH So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the Church. (1 Corinthians 14:12) Jesus never intended His Church to be a people who …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 14, Holy Spirit, love, ministry, miracles, purpose, service, signs, supernatural, wonders
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 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 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 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 John 17 KNOWING GOD WILL GROW YOUR LOVE “I have made known to them Your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which You have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” (John 17:26)117 J …
TOPICS: faith, growth, John 17, knowledge, love, purpose, relationship
