2023-09-17
Jesus Takes Our Fears Seriously
Fear feels dreadful. It sucks the life out of the soul, curls us into an embryonic state, and drains us dry of contentment.
Read more..Thoughts By Max Lucado
2023-09-13
Cornelius
Cornelius was an officer in the Roman army. Both Gentile and bad guy. He ate the wrong food, hung with the wrong crowd, and swore allegiance to Caesar.
Read more..2023-09-09
Long Lists of Stinky Trash
Life has a way of unloading its rubbish on us. Your boss expects too much. Your kids whine too much. Trash. Load after load of anger;
Read more..2023-09-01
No Limit to His Love
When asked to describe the width of his love, he stretched one hand to the right and the other to the left and had them nailed in that position so you would know he died loving you.
Read more..2023-08-27
Handling the Tough Times
How do you handle your tough times? When you are tired of trying, tired of forgiving, tired of hard weeks or hard-headed people—how do you manage your dark days?
Read more..2023-08-20
The Message of Grace
The message of God is the message of grace. Grace that is entirely God’s. God loving. God offering.
Read more..2023-08-03
Anxiety Ain’t Fun
Anxiety ain’t fun! One would think Christians would be exempt from worry but we are not.
Read more..2023-07-31
Satan’s Condemnation
Satan has deputized people to peddle his poison. Friends dredge up your past. Preachers proclaim all guilt and no grace.
Read more..2023-07-18
Hard Hearted
A hard heart ruins, not only your life, but the lives of your family members.
Read more..2023-07-09
The Secret of Forgiveness
You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you. Only by letting him wash your feet can you have strength to wash those of another.
Read more..2023-07-05
You’re Not Alone
Have you ever gone to the grocery on an empty stomach? You’re a sitting duck when you do. When you’re lonely, you do the same in life.
Read more..2023-07-01
God’s Ways are Right
We live beneath the protective palm of a sovereign King who superintends every circumstance of our lives and delights in doing us good.
Read more..2023-06-28
God is at Work in Us
It took prison to show me how empty life is without God.”
Read more..2023-06-03
Untying Knots
Life gets tangled. People mess up. God loves to untie the knots when our life gets messy.
Read more..2023-05-23
When the Storm Doesn’t Stop
When in a storm can you turn your eyes away from the stormy world and look into the wonder of God? Here are 5 promises you can recite:
Read more..2023-05-19
Like Sheep
When David said in Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” couldn’t he have come up with a better metaphor than a shepherd for sheep?
Read more..2023-05-11
God’s Loving Pursuit
Dare we envision a God who follows us? Who pursues us? Who chases us? Who tracks us down and wins us over? Who follows us with "goodness and mercy" all the days of our lives?
Read more..2023-05-07
A Prayer for Troubled Times
A Prayer for Troubled Times. Father, We are sad, Father. And so we come to you. We don’t ask you for help; we beg you for it.
Read more..2023-05-02
Eternal Happiness
“God has planted eternity in the hearts of men.” Ecclesiastes 3:10, TLB You will never be completely happy on earth, simply because you were not made for earth.
Read more..2023-04-29
My Grace is Sufficient
‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness'” (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).
Read more..2023-04-22
Hope Restored Along the Way
“He restores my soul.” (Psalm 23) Our Shepherd majors in restoring hope to the soul. Whether you are a lamb lost on a craggy ledge or a city slicker alone in a deep jungle, everything changes when your rescuer appears.
Read more..2023-04-19
Meet Your Fears with Faith
Meet Your Fears with Faith “...and teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
Read more..2023-04-03
Let Your Gentleness Be Evident to All
The Greek word translated here as “gentleness” describes a temperament that’s seasoned and mature. It envisions an attitude fitting to the occasion, levelheaded and tempered. This gentleness is “evident to all.”
Read more..2023-03-26
A Heavenly Affirmation
Each of us has a fantasy that our family will be like the Walton's, an expectation that our dearest friends will be our next of kin. Jesus didn't have that expectation.
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