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The Eye of the Needle

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God. ...

Wildness and Wonder

What is home? My favorite definition is “a safe place,” a place where one is free from attack, a place where one experiences secure relationships and affirmation. It’s a place ...

Black History Month: Rosa Parks' Strength — Pray A Lot

I have problems just like everyone else. Whenever I do, I think about my grandmother and my mother. They were such strong women, who always taught me to place my ...

Out of the Box

Since the beginning of time, human beings have felt this need to reach out for someone greater than ourselves. What some have simply called the “God-shaped hole in the soul” ...

Why Your Story Matters

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what He did for me. — Psalm 66:16 NLTPoor Daddy. He just couldn’t shake it. Shame weighed ...

Pray to God

SINGLENESS OF FOCUS God, the one and only — I’ll wait as long as he says. — Psalm 62:1, The MessageGod is not one among many. When we pray we ...

Showing God

Hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? — Romans 8:24Do you have a preconceived idea about how God is going to meet ...

The Integrity Question

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. — Proverbs 10:9Am I Being Honest with Myself… Really? The easiest person to ...

Personal Armageddons

Suffering Is UniversalWe don’t deliberately look for trouble in life. It comes. Suffering is a universal fact; no one can escape its claws. The rain falls upon the just and ...

How Do We Live in Uncertainty?

It’s hard to remember a time filled with more collective uncertainty.Life almost feels like we are in a holding pattern. We can’t make plans. We say to people, “Let’s get ...

There Is a Time to Stand Up

After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, “Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I called a great assembly against them. ...

Walking on the Wild Side of Parenting

In our enthusiasm to celebrate children (a good thing), we are sometimes tempted to overlook the key Christian doctrine of original sin. A child can be raised by godly parents, ...

Morning Routines: It's a New Day.

What’s Your Morning Routine?How does your typical morning begin? Is your morning routine hurried and hustled, or does it begin in the peace and calm of time with God? Rebekah ...

Delight in Special People

Refreshing People Choose your friends carefully, implies the Bible, because they will pull you nearer to God or push you away from Him. Psalm 1 says,Blessed is the one who ...

Restore God’s Peace

I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call ...

Why Should I Read the Bible?

These instructions are not empty words — they are your life! — Deuteronomy 32:47When I was younger, I saw the Bible as a book of rules, a long list of ...

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