6Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks. 7And God’s peace, which is so great we cannot understand it, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ...
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would...
A whole new year is waiting for you. I pray that you’ll pray for Jesus to grow in you, for everything you say and think and do to reflect more and more of him. For you and me, every day can be Christm...
Ageing. We laugh about it, and we groan about it. We resist it, but we cant't stop it. And with the chuckles and wrinkles come serious thoughts and questions about what happens when we die. Is death w...
And for us? What did the torn curtain signify for us? We are welcome to enter into God’s presence—any day, any time. God has removed the barrier that separates us from him. The barrier of sin? Down. H...
Ask God to show you specific areas in your life that require his special renewing attention.
Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again.
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God (Phil. 4:6).
Before presenting the grace of God,we must understand the wrath of God.
Beneath the hard, painful surface of her recollection were layers of healing truth. God had never left her side, not even for a moment.
But suppose my daughters had approached me as we often approach God. Hey, Dad, glad you’re home. Here is what I want. More toys. More candy. And can we go to Disneyland this summer? Whoa, I would have...
Confession is a radical reliance on grace. A proclamation of our trust in God’s goodness. What I did was bad, we acknowledge, but your grace is greater than my sin, so I confess it. If our understandi...
Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can’t budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and dee...
Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.
Do heroes know when they are heroic? Rarely. Are historic moments acknowledged when they happen? You know the answer to that one. (If not, a visit to the manger will remind you.) We seldom see history...
Don’t you think God can work however he chooses? I believe God worked, and the rest is up to us.
Down to Egypt. Just a few hours ago Joseph's life was looking up.
Each star, numbered. Each star, named! Like every grain of sand. Every hair on his head. Every trouble that filled his day. Created. Numbered. Known.
Fear may fill our world, but it doesn't have to fill our hearts.
Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.
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