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Lord, I’m so glad that You are with me always! Of all the ways to get into a pit, getting thrown in — by something but especially by someone — ...

This summer, our family – along with 76 percent of the world’s population – will be gathering in front of the television to watch elite athletes from around the world ...

Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his ...

In recent weeks, one of my pastors told the story of a scary encounter he and his 6-year-old son experienced. The little boy looked up at his father and said, ...

When I was a university student, I caught the train every morning at 7:30 a.m. from Seven Hills station in the western suburbs of Sydney where I lived, to Redfern ...

Family resemblances make for an interesting discussion.Where do your looks come from? Do you have your mother’s nose, your father’s eyes, or your grandmother’s shape? Genetics are passed from generation ...

We just want [prayer] to be simple and easy… The problem is, sometimes [God] comes through, often He doesn’t, and we have no idea for the rhyme or reason why. ...

Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else. — Galatians 6:4Are you ever tempted to look at ...

I’ve never tried to be known as the good kid or some kind of holy roller. Believe me, I am not Saint Scott. I’ve had the speeding ticket. During my ...

Again the high priest asked Him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?” “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at ...

I think that sometimes we Christians forget how special it is that we can have a relationship, a real, close, personal relationship with God.What stands out about the Christian life, ...

I can remember shortly after getting married, John Luke and I were talking and we both said, “Marriage is interesting because it’s like nothing changes, yet everything changes.” We are ...

I was thirteen, working on some homework at the kitchen table when the yellow crank-dial phone that hung on the wall rang. My mom was washing dishes at the time, ...

I sat in church and looked around at the other women smiling up at the pastor. It was Mother’s Day and he was speaking on the importance of our role ...

Editor’s Note: Today’s devotional is excerpted from A Jane Austen Devotional, beginning with this selection from Pride and Prejudice.* * *Mr. Bingley was good looking and gentlemanlike; he had a ...

Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. — Matthew 5:41The phrase going the second mile has found its way into our modern vernacular. Its roots are ...