Do you ever wonder if we are living in the “last days”? Here’s what Paul said about the things we would see… In the last days, there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful….
I’ve read a handful of books in my life that I would say have been “life-changing” in the ways they have challenged me and grown my faith. Books I simply call – the Best Faith Books! These are books I reread often. Most have them have been around for a while. I’m guessing that even…
Love… It’s a fickle thing, isn’t it? We don’t want it to be. In fact, most people are desperately looking for a love that is guaranteed to last. Oh, we promise to love our spouse forever but nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. We hope our families will remain united and loving from…
Do you ever have times when your life’s circumstances seem impossible? Times when … your relationship is broken, or you can’t find a job, or your child is rebellious, or you can’t break a long-held bad habit, or your pain or illness is worsening, and life is just plain hard? Times when you wonder if…
Have you ever read the book or seen the movie, In His Steps, by Charles Sheldon? It’s the book that inspired the saying, “What Would Jesus Do?” Sometimes I wonder if we’ve trivialized the saying. But it’s not just a saying, it’s downright Biblical… For God called you to do good, even if it means…
Life is messy. Relationships sticky. Finances fluctuate. Calendars over-booked. Days can be hard and filled with doubt, worry, and anxiety. [Tweet “But in your messy life . . . one thing never changes. “] God loves you with a love beyond anything you can imagine. He’s got you. Quotes about God’s Perfect Love for Your Messy…
God’s love for you is perfect, unconditional, and everlasting. No matter what you’ve done. No matter where you’ve been. No matter how you feel. You need to remember . . . you are loved. He loves you and me – not because of what we believe, what we say, or what we do. He…
Christianity is not primarily a moral code but a grace-laden mystery; it is not essentially a philosophy of love but a love affair; it is not keeping rules with clenched fists but receiving a gift with open hands. ~Brennan Manning After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn’t, I came to the…
I want to invite you to join me each week in 2013 as I share goals for improving and maintaining various parts of our lives by intentionally looking at them through the lens of gratitude. Each month I will focus on a different theme: January – Health February – Love March – Forgiveness April –…
Have you ever wondered what it really means to believe in Jesus? Does it mean to believe that He lived two thousand years ago? That He was a great teacher? Even that He was the greatest man who ever lived? Is that what John 3:16 means?
Amaze: to affect with great wonder, to astonish. What amazes you? A Sunset? A Rainbow? A Symphonic Overture? A Newborn Baby? A Lion, a Giraffe, or a Hippopotamus? A Rose, an Orchid, or a Giant Sequoia? Sometimes we are so amazed by technology, that we forget to be amazed by those things that surround us…
