In Blue Like Jazz author Donald Miller addresses this subject from a startling perspective. I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting...
John Bunyan once said, In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. If it’s the desire of your heart to grow in your walk with your Lord and Savior, then you unders...
Life without prayer is like watching TV on an ancient twelve-inch black-and-white TV set. The picture is snowy and distorted, and no matter how much aluminum foil you wrap around those rabbit ears, yo...
Look at what Colossians 1:16-17 has to say on this attribute of God’s character. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or...
Merely by making that faith choice to follow Him, each one of us have the astounding opportunity to become a vessel of His love to the world around us.
News flash: God wants you. He wants a relationship with you. That’s why He made you. And I have to be honest with you here. If you don’t have much interest in spending time with God, I have to wonder...
Not long ago we heard about a group of students visiting the Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah, Georgia. The docent leading their tour, a P-47 veteran from WWII, was asked, Did you serve in World Wa...
One of the best books I’ve read in years is Second Calling: Finding Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life. Author Dale Hanson Bourke addresses this matter of our hectic lifestyles: If I turn u...
So when we pray, He answers each prayer with our best long-term interest in mind. He may say no, He might say yes, or He may tell us to hold our horses and wait. Our challenge is to accept his respons...
The focus of that week was learning how to listen to the voice of God in what was dubbed My Quiet Time with God. You have to admire the camp leaders’ intent, but let’s be honest. Most pre-adolescents...
The greatness of His power to create and design and form and mold and make and build and arrange defies the limits of our imagination. And since He created everything, there is nothing beyond His powe...
The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship.1
God is far more interested in what’s in your heart. That’s why He beckons us to pray in private. He’s telling us to get rid of all the fluff, the flowery language, and anything else that might hinder...
But discipline is such a necessary part of life. Without it, we waste massive amounts of our time and energy. Likewise, discipline is an integral part of being committed to some form of daily, routine...
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