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Pray for one another. — James 5:16 ESVAbraham and Sarah weren’t expecting company. They certainly weren’t expecting a visit from God. But He came their way one afternoon, uninvited, unannounced, ...

Does your city feel like Heaven? Last year, my family and I took a cross-country, month-long road trip to different cities where I was teaching and preaching in churches about ...

I have been incredibly privileged. I grew up a pastor’s kid at a huge church in Houston, Texas. I was raised in a Christian home by two incredibly loving parents ...

Hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. — Romans 5:5 Our God is ...

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~ Oscar Wilde During a difficult season in my life, I asked a mentor of mine if we could have ...

Maybe you love your birthday. You love an excuse to eat cake. You find great joy in opening gifts and relish the opportunity to mark the moment by reflecting on ...

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. ...

Editor's note: As parents, we need to pray for our teens' mental health, praying against self-harm and praying against suicide. Our kids face stresses that are new to their generation and they ...

How to Be Sure It's His Voice Give her the four hundred dollars. Jared and I were standing at the rental car counter in Colorado Springs, and the Holy Spirit ...

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! — 2 Corinthians 5:17  Do not conform to the pattern of ...

We Are Not Omnipresent I grew up in an apartment and always had food on the table, thanks to my mom’s waiting tables at a restaurant nearly every night. She ...

Recently, I was in a situation in which someone I trusted betrayed me. At a point in my life when I needed help the most and longed to surround myself ...

Prayer is Jesus’ invitation to us to understand God more deeply. An integral spiritual discipline, the Bible prompts Christians to pray on all occasions without ceasing for ourselves and even ...

Note: Not one single marriage in the history of marriages has run perfectly all the time. At our worst, when our fights reached critical mass, we were miserable. We knew ...

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! — 2 ­Corinthians­ 5:17Heaven is both present and future. As you ...

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. ~ Richard MossHaving written this book before COVID-19, I want to hug you, to pull you near ...