Heaven does not know you as the fellow with the nice suit or the woman with the big house or the kid with the new bike. Heaven knows your heart.
He took on your face in the hope that you would see his.
God speaks all languages—including yours. What language is God speaking to you?
God answers the mess of life with one word: grace.
Find something you like to do, and do it so well that people pay you to do it.
Don’t confuse God’s love with the love of people. The love of people often increases with performance and decreases with mistakes. Not so with God’s love. He loves you right where you are.
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. JOSHUA 1:8...
Cuando invitamos a Dios a nuestro mundo, él entra. Nos ofrece una multitud de regalos: gozo, paciencia, fortaleza. Las ansiedades llegan, pero no se quedan. Los temores se asoman, pero luego se van. L...
Children are like wet cement. What is modeled for them imprints their character. —Max
Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?
Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. MATTHEW 5:4
Anxiety splits our energy between today’s priorities and tomorrow’s problems. Part of our mind is on the now; the rest is on the not yet. The result is half-minded living.
Prayer lets God do what he does best. Take a pebble & kill a Goliath. Take the common, make it spectacular! Pray & see what He can do.
The same way, you should be a light for other people. Live so that they will see the good things you do and will praise your Father in heaven.
Him (Deut. 11:2 TEV). Rather than ask God to change your circumstances, ask him to use your circumstances to change you. Life is a required course. Might as well do your best to pass it. God is at wor...
Failures are not fatal. It’s not that he loves what you did, but he loves who you are. You are his. The One who has the right to condemn you provided the way to acquit you. You make mistakes. God does...
You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsma...
You don’t have to live with a dehydrated heart. Receive Christ’s work on the Cross, the energy of his Spirit, his lordship over your life, his unending, unfailing love. Drink deeply and often. And out...
Wise is the man who learns the nonverbal language of his wife, who notes the nod and discerns the gestures. It’s not just what is said, but how. It’s not just how, but when. It’s not just when, but wh...
Who has more reason to worship than the astronomer who has seen the stars? Than the surgeon who has held a heart? Than the oceanographer who has pondered the depths?