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...
Unfortunately, we forget the cruel details of the agonizing sacrifice God made on our behalf. Familiarity breeds complacency. Even before his crucifixion, the Son of God was stripped naked, beaten unt...
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
There is no greater antidepressant than communication and fellowship with God.
The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It is focused attention. Love concentrates so intently on another that you forget yourself at that moment. Attention says, I value...
The great evangelist D. L. Moody once said, The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.
The book of Proverbs warns us over and over again about negative associations. Constant exposure to wrong attitudes and wrong values will eventually take its toll in our lives. It is always easier to...
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.
Peace with God, peace with others, and peace in your own heart.
Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.
Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.
If you don’t know how to be happy with what you have, you will never be happy with more.
IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your...
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...
Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. Problems grow in the dark and become bigger and bigger, but when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink. You are only as sick as your secrets. So take off you...
Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution.
God never does anything accidentally...
Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. Paul said, We know that these troubles produce...
You must begin with God.