When you find yourself in times of distress and in need of help, where do you turn?
Read MoreWhen I first read these passages I'm sharing with you today, all that God is for us JUMPED off the page at me.
Read MoreHow do you know how much of the Bible to read in your quiet time? When Brandon responded, the Holy Spirit was making sure I was really listening.
Read MoreHere are some practical helps that I offer to you in relation to physical health, which we have been discussing this week in our devotions.
Read MorePaul writes that our human bodies are the place where the Holy Spirit resides. When you embrace Jesus as your Savior and Lord, the Holy Spirit of God comes within you to take up residence.
Read MoreWe did not create ourselves. We know this deep within our souls because there is no way we could have just appeared over eons through evolution.
Read MoreWe should never miss what God is trying to show us during suffering. It is a mark of spiritual maturity when we can be content no matter our circumstances.
Read MoreThis week in our devotions I am excited to write about the importance of good physical health from a Christian perspective.
Read MoreWe are to get involved with other believers so we can encourage them even as we ourselves are encouraged to love and do good works.
Read MoreI am very passionate about God's unique creation, the church. I love the church, the ekklesia of God, the called-out ones who gather every Lord's Day.
Read MoreJesus is faithful to His Word. He will be with us, never leaving or forsaking us, and He will come again for us.
Read MoreWe can come to God with a pure heart and great confidence because of whose we are. We can and we must.
Read MoreThe universal Big C Church and the little c church are God's big idea. Like marriage, He created it and even compares the two in Ephesians 5.
Read MoreGod's love and grace are truly amazing. Our great God is just like Jesus described Him in the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
Read MoreRembrandt's famous painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, is a moving, awe-inspiring work of art, painted toward the end of his life in 1669.
Read MoreHave you have strayed far but are empty and want to come home? God waits; all you must do is turn back to Him, and He will receive you.
Read MoreNot all sinners stray far visibly; some stay home, like the prodigal son's elder brother. Both were equally separated from the father.
Read MoreIn the Christian life, God is a safe shore to whom we must stay close, tethered, and connected. If we neglect spending time with God, we will drift.
Read MoreI love it when the Bible repeats itself. God does this not because He forgets what He just said; rather, the Bible repeats itself for the reader.
Read MoreWe cannot obey and be blessed by what we do not read and internalize. It is vitally important to read the Bible, meditate on it, and do what it says.
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