To Love Others
We are not the source of love: God is. We are not the great example of love: God is. God's love is expansive and open to all.
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We Don’t Have What It Takes
“Not knowing what to do” Means that faith can go about the business of doing what it is meant to do…putting all its focus upon the Lord!
Chapters in Life
Eternal glory? I’d like a large cup of that ..... wouldn’t you? Everything in this life is preparing us for the next.
Ripened By the Sunshine of His Smiles
Many Christians remain stunted and immature in spiritual things, staying the same year after year. If we are going to ripen in grace, we must live near to Jesus -in His presence- ripened by…
Mercy over Sacrifice
Matthew 9:13 “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Speaking the Truth
"Speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.” Ephesians 4:15
Commit Your Day
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.
Life’s Passing Storms
Sometimes the Lord interrupts our life by sending turbulence so we will do what those sailors did—in their misery and helplessness, they cried for God’s help.
For Me to Live is Christ
While many carry out the principle of living for Christ halfheartedly, few would dare say that they live wholly for Christ
A New Deal
So instead of God waiting for you to mess up, and we all mess up, he provided a way to forgive the mistakes and a Helper to guide your heart and mind to do…
Spill Your Heart Before God
What is your mountain? What is the challenge of your life? Call out to God for help!
Refuse to Worry
God didn’t create us to worry. It is an acquired worldly skill. He says to trust Him and refuse to worry.
Humility with Faith Equals Breakthrough
Humility empowered by visionary faith equals breakthrough. Let us bow low, yet let us also stand in faith, for the mixture of humility and faith is a potent fragrance.
Our Incomparable Companion
If you are a Christian, you have a friend who will never leave you. How wealthy we are to have the Holy Spirit. He is a friend who truly sticks closer than a brother!
Saturated in God’s Love
“Where God’s love is there is no fear, because God’s perfect love drives out fear” 1 John 4:18
You can Know the Spirit’s Fullness
Jesus knew His disciples were fruitless, quarreling, ambitious, self-centered men, so - on the eve of His crucifixion - He told them,
The Roadblocks of Life
Roadblocks, whether placed by man or by God are for our protection. Sometimes God wants to protect us. Sometimes He wants to lead us in a different direction.
A Bitter Poison
Bitterness is a poison that we prepare for someone else but then drink ourselves. It is something we often carefully nurture and grow over the years.
True: God’s Love Fills Me
In faith, I know these things to be true: He will make my joy complete because I no longer live in darkness, but I now live in the truth and have fellowship with God.
One Step at a Time
Oh, how we like to know the details—where we’re going, which path we’ll take, when we’ll get there, and exactly what “there” is.
From Brokenness to Holiness
Who we are in God is more important than who we are to anyone else in this world. We are His chosen people, and we are His very own.
Building Muscles of Faith
"I wish I had great faith." These are words that almost every Christian has said at one time or another. But faith is like a muscle, which must be exercised in order to become…