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Maybe Your Circumstances Are Meant To Change You!
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering
8 Reasons Most Folks Don’t Read The Bible!
My wife and I have four children, with our oldest in college and youngest in elementary school. Helping them develop their own walk with God is on our minds—a lot! So are questions about why so many young people are
Calm, Wise, and Confident!
No king has ever intimidated God, no matter how wealthy his treasury, how extensive his kingdom, or how powerful his armies. God can handle anyone. Anyone! He can handle your husband. He can handle your wife. He can handle your
Ever Wonder Why God Doesn’t Tell You What’s Next?
I have spent a lot of my life trying to figure out what the next step looks like before it happens. I like to see the big picture. Not that I’m super organized or want to be fully prepared for
Ever Wished Your Problems Didn’t Push you to talk Negatively? A Prayer For You!
Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things! (Psalm 118:15 NIV) How I (Jill here) wish I could say that shouts of joy and victory were all that
Do You Need to Climb Out of the Pits of Depression?
Last night I fell into a dark hole, a pit of depression. I didn’t see it coming. This bad mood came out of nowhere and pulled me down into a dark discouragement. Have you ever felt this way? Yesterday was
God of Impossibilities!
All over this world, around us every day, are people who are looking for the truth to be lived out in the lives of those who claim it. Just as the widow watched Elijah, there are people watching you. They
What Happened?
If God created the world not just to be “good” (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25), but also to be “very good” (Genesis 1:31), what happened? Why did chaos, pain, and death come into our world? Why do death,
