How hard is it to worry? Do you ever have a difficult time working up the energy, the oomph to be able to worry? I don't know why, but I...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. For those of us who are wordy that's a hard pill to swallow. However, not only the picture...

We chase happy. We all want to feel good. Yet according to the National Institute of Mental Health at least 17.3 million adults in the...

If you're not familiar with this story you may wonder why I have chosen such a verse. I'll admit on the surface it doesn't seem "wow."...

Me-First. This is what it all comes down to. My world centers around me. But if I truly want to pursue living for Christ when everything...

These hands belong to my son-in-law, Uriah and his daughter, Kenna. Is there anything more precious than a man treasuring his baby girl?...

Freedom is amazing. But freedom isn't free; it took someone a lot of work, it took sacrifice. Thus the second part of this verse-- "Stand...

You might be saying, "How?" Fortunately, the writer also gives us the how in the surrounding text. "Follow God's example, therefore, as...

Have you ever wished you'd had just the right word of encouragement for someone going through a hard time? Maybe you've been on the...

This image is so powerful, because the truth is that in the act of forgiving we ourselves are freed. Yesterday my pastor, who is doing a...

Tender. What a precious word picture of a father and child. As a parent I can think of lots of other words that come to mind when...

I was listening this morning to a Focus on the Family broadcast in which different guests they've had over time were sharing a tribute to...

I remember helping my little brother memorize this verse for his Sunday School class. Since I wasn't in his class I didn't have the...

Power and love--two of the greatest forces of nature. Two of the greatest forces of God. One of my very favorite verses on the power we...

We hear a lot about freedom today. I thing we have seen so much in our world where freedoms have been taken away that hopefully we...

It wasn’t so long ago that we were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. We let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about...

It is amazing how many times we come to crossroads in our lives. I remember road trips my family would take as a child. I especially...

This is the central theme of the entire Bible. Love. God so loved the world that He gave. It was listed with a bunch of other laws in the...

I always thought this referred to trying to cheat someone when they were buying from you so it really didn't apply to me. But this...

I'm going to take this a bit different than what the man who said it was talking about, but it doesn't take away from the truth. The man...