Prayer is conversation with God while driving to work or awaiting an appointment or before interacting with a client. Prayer can be the internal voice that directs the external action.
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.
Relationships don’t thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful.
Remarkable. He forgave their sin before they even committed it. He offered mercy before they even sought it.
Shame is a child of self-centeredness. Heaven’s occupants are not self-centered, they are Christ-centered. You will be in your sinless state. The sinless don’t protect a reputation or project an image...
She couldn't alter the past but this was her chance to change the future.
To others, Jesus was a miracle worker. To others, Jesus was a master teacher. To others, Jesus was the hope of Israel. But to John, he was all of these and more. To John, Jesus was a friend. You don’t...
Stop that! These words create alliances with the devil. They grant him access to your spirit. It is not God’s will that you live a defeated, marginalized, unhappy, and weary life. Turn a deaf ear to t...
Survival in Egypt begins with a yes to God's call on your life.
Sustaining grace promises not the absence of struggle but the presence of God.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. MATTHEW 11:29 (NIV)
A los líderes religiosos les encantaba (y todavía les encanta) hacer un teatro de sus oraciones. Se situaban en lo alto de las intersecciones y practicaban la piedad pública. A Jesús le repugnaba el e...
Because of Calvary, I’m free to choose. And so I choose. I choose love . . . No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness.
Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. MATTHEW 5:4
Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer. —RUTH 4:14 ESV
Bugs bug people, but they can kill sheep. Flies, mosquitoes, and gnats can turn the summer into a time of torture for the livestock. Consider nose flies, for example. If they succeed in depositing the...
But God will use this mess for good. In the meantime don’t be foolish or naive. But don’t despair either. With God’s help you will get through this.
But God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test, and teach the future prime minister. We see a prison; God sees a kiln. We see famine; God sees the...
But here the correlation with Beauty and the Beast ends. In the fable, the beauty kisses the beast. In the Bible, the beauty does much more. He becomes the beast so the beast can become the beauty. Je...
Celebrate God’s goodness. Rejoice in the Lord always (v. 4). Ask God for help. Let your requests be made known to God (v. 6). Leave your concerns with him. With thanksgiving . . . (v. 6). Meditate on...
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