Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve. It wasn’t...
Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.
If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you'd have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.
If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.
Hope is as essential to your life as air and water. You need hope to cope. Dr. Bernie Siegel found he could predict which of his cancer patients would go into remission by asking, Do you want to live...
Holocaust survivor Corrie Ten Boom said, If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you’ll be at rest.
Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.
Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution.
God is not waiting for you to get physically healthy or spiritually mature before he starts loving you or enjoying you. He loves you right now, and he will be cheering you on at every stage of your gr...
Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.
Every church could put out a sign No perfect people need apply. This is a place only for those who admit they are sinners, need grace, and want to grow.
A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree. PROVERBS 11:28 (MSG)
You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.
You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for.
When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything; without it, nothing is bearable.
What are you doing personally to make your church family more warm and loving? There are many people in your community who are looking for love and a place to belong. The truth is, everyone needs and...
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your...
There is no greater antidepressant than communication and fellowship with God.
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I wan...