All too often we cringe at the role we find ourselves filling, and filling beautifully, when in fact this is the role God made us to fill! What if our biggest ministry and calling in life is to whisper encouragement
Be Bold. The words looped in my brain throughout the early morning. Driving to work, I sang them over and over. Be Bold. In our world today, fear is rampant. And sometimes with good reason. Check out any number of
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” “He’s old and stuck in his ways.” “She’s never going to change.” There is an ingrained, all-too-often-proved-true, prejudice that when we get older we can’t, or won’t, change any more. This is
I watched a film recently that began with the quote: “Everything is a gift from the universe.” Non-believers can grasp at straws when it comes to acknowledging higher powers, but as Christians, we know God through a relationship with Jesus
Have you lost your identity to all the ways you are known by others? Who are you? Please, don’t tell me what you do or where you live. Please, don’t tell me where you currently live or where you were
Everything depends upon God’s word. He created the universe by His word, we are redeemed according to His word, the world is sustained by His word, and His love toward us in its manifold expressions is revealed to us in
Once there was a minister who was lonely, depressed and feeling defeated in his life and ministry. One night in his despair, he found himself in a bar on the seedy side of town. With his head bowed low in shame,
Even though we experience seasons of celebration, all of us go through difficulties and hardships in life. At times we may find ourselves in despair, wondering if the Lord understands or even notices us. The truth is that He does