“I know I’m going to hell.” One of Christopher’s hanging partners, Jeff, said jokingly when they were all talking about faith in Jesus Christ. Jeff’s grandmother took him to church every Sunday when he was little. It was where he discovered his talent for…
The psalmist, King David, prayed in Psalm 51:11-12(NLT), “11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.” The Holy Spirit is…
All we need to do is look around in nature to see that our Great Big Wonderful God is good and perfect in every way. We can see how magnificently He has ordered every aspect of the universe and woven all things together, each…
Every year, we hear “It’s going to be your year!!!” resounding from all the places that true inspiration and encouragement are proclaimed. We forget that how we respond to that proclamation determines how much of it will actually manifest in our lives. Although this…
Just about everyone that is in the business of making resolutions has had a few or more that didn’t quite make it to the end. We tell ourselves, “This is going to be my year! I’m going to have all the good things that…
When it comes to society and its beliefs and standards, there are so very many things that do not honor the Lord, but thankfully, the holidays towards the end of the year still point to His goodness. Being thankful for the abundance of God’s…
God’s extraordinary prophecy in Isaiah 9:6(KJV) proclaims, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince…
We are God’s children, His created masterpieces, as He calls us in Ephesians 2:10. He created us with His purpose in mind, and part of it is for us to live a rich and satisfying existence. Living this more than abundant life requires us…
When Jason accused his girlfriend, Kasha, of sabotaging his painting, she knew something had gone terribly wrong. She was helping him clean his apartment because he had been furiously working on his final thesis exhibition for weeks, and it was stressing him out. He…
If choosing love were always easy, everyone would do it, because the benefits of choosing to love always outweighs everything else. However, the reality is that choosing to love others rather than repaying them the same unkindness they’ve doled out to us is not…
