Growing up, the evening news was my grandmother’s favorite. She never missed it, and it was known among all her grands that we were forbidden to bother her for that 30-minute slot. We were not allowed to touch that big ol’ black and white…
Talk within the Christian community about the tremendous importance of ‘purpose’ burst on the scene over 20 years ago, and it’s still going strong, as it should be. It spread like wildfire, and many that were just coming into the faith thought it was…
1John 4:19(NLT) says, “We love each other because he loved us first.” This is such an important verse to our relationship with God. 1John 4:16 tells us that God is love. He’s the Originator of perfect love, and this perfect love can only come…
Someone once said that “feeling good is everything.” It’s a pretty significant statement, but we’ll miss the true essence of feeling good if we don’t unpack this statement a bit. Most of us relate the state of feeling good to the quality of a…
How many of us really believe that God wants every living individual to be happy and whole? It’s true! God wants the absolute best for all of us, and He tells us this in His Word. He tells us in John 10:10 that He…
Most of us spend our entire lives trying to wrap our heads around the reality that God has made us powerful overcomers through Jesus Christ. I believe this is one of the greatest desires of our Father’s heart, that we would believe how powerful…
The emotional struggles of life can cause us to be vulnerable in ways we never imagined. We can feel overwhelmed, confused, and exhausted from all the ups and downs. We might even feel as though we’re at a crossroad in our faith. God tells…
God tells us in His Word that we should be growing in unity, with a greater capacity of gratitude to Him and compassion for others. He tells us in Ephesians 4:32(ESV), “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ…
El Shaddai, El Elyon, Adonai, Yahweh, Jehovah Jireh; these are just a few of God’s names that are revealed in His Word. They have varied meanings and all point to His sovereignty, majesty, power, and love. They reveal a facet of His being that…
It takes more than one individual to have a relationship, and our Heavenly Father set it up this way. Romans 5:8 tells us that while we were still sinners, God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to offer his life for our sins….
