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A Dad Who Really Makes a Difference

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child. — Proverbs 22:15“Yes, I love you, and no, you can’t have your own way.” When my dad was two years ...

When Judgment Gets in the Way

Caught in the Act Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn He appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around Him, and He sat ...

You Don’t Have to Suffer Alone

I broaden the path beneath you so that your ankles do not turn. This shows how intricately I am involved in your life-journey. I know exactly what is before you, ...

Spiritual Gifts: Unwrapping Your God-Given Treasures

Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. — 1 Corinthians 12:1 NIVYour spiritual gifts were not given for your ...

One Choice Every Couple Should Make in Their Suffering

What is one choice every couple should make in the midst of their storm?It might sound like a simple question, but it is incredibly important. One of the most important ...

Your Whispering Thoughts

FOR ADULTSImagine considering every moment as a potential time of communion with God. By the time your life is over, you will have spent six months at stoplights, eight months ...

The Hope of Easter: Shame Off You!

John 4:1-26, John 4:28-30, John 4:39-42Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John — although in fact it was not ...

The Prayer That Saved a President

March 4, 1881 Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant. — Psalm 86:16When Abraham and ...

Forgiveness and Entrusting Justice to God

Revenge builds a lonely house. Space enough for one person. The lives of its tenants are reduced to one goal: make someone miserable. They do. Themselves. No wonder God insists ...

Jesus Never Asked You To Be Busy

I get you because I AM you… I’ve been you since I was 17. Always busy. Always “productive”. Living life like a race and running from activity to activity. Trying ...

Finding certainty when everything feels uncertain

Four weeks before COVID turned our entire world upside down, I turned in the manuscript for my new book, Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love. Little did ...

Jesus In Me: One Thing I Know for Certain

I have heard the Holy Spirit spoken of as an “it,” a feeling, a dove, a flame of fire, a ghost, an emotion, or even an ecstatic experience. He is ...

God Shows His Love for You in Every Book of the Bible

Editor’s note: God’s Word is many things—instructive, historical, poetic. Yet the Bible is also an incredible love letter. In 66 Ways God Loves You, you will walk through each of ...

Anna: The Faithful Witness

She gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem. — Luke 2:38 NKJVIt is truly remarkable that when Jesus was ...

Worship: God Wants to Party With You

I Live God-First by WorshippingPassage to ReadThe Wedding Celebration, Matthew 22:1-14; Luke 14:15-24.Point to PonderImagine throwing a wonderful wedding feast. How would you feel if you offered invitations to your ...

40 Days of Decrease: Discontentment

After committing for the third time in prayer to drink the cup if no other way existed for it to be emptied, Jesus returned to His disciples and said,Are you ...

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