When the enemy stirs up trouble, I need to still see the value in the people involved--because they are not the true source of the problem. ===================================== ScriptureRevelation 11:10"The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will...

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is urgent. Eternity is at stake, and our time to make a difference in people's lives is limited! ==================== ScriptureEzekiel 4:16-17"He then said to me: "Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people...

God wants us to understand what He has already given us, so that we could fully benefit from His love and grace.========================== Scripture1 John 5:13"I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have...

Our love for God is either confirmed or refuted by the way we love our brothers and sisters in Christ. ==================== Scripture1 John 4:19-21"We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does...

Ignoring God's word doesn't make it go away--and ignoring uncomfortable truth doesn't change reality.  ==================== ScriptureJeremiah 36:23-24"Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe's knife and...

I cannot fully love my children, without fully loving God. ================ ScripturePsalm 112:1-2"Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright...

Jesus knew the agony before him, but his heart was focused on those he loved. =================== ScriptureJohn 17v11 "Protect them by the power of your name...so that they may be one as we are one."v15 "My prayer is...that you protect them from the evil one."v17...

In the face of suffering and trouble, Jesus' prayer was for greater glory to the Father- not for less suffering for himself.=================== ScriptureJohn 12:27"Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? "Father, save me from this hour?" No, it was for this...

The presence and power of Jesus turns 'hopeless' into 'fearless'. Although we look at death as the last page of the final chapter, Jesus sees death as merely a paragraph on the way to the glorious continuation. =================================== ScriptureJohn...

My calling and purpose in life is different than that of Jeremiah--but the same God who formed him, formed me. ============================ ScriptureJeremiah 1:5"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a...

Against the force of united godlessness, Micaiah's integrity required him to be the voice of holy discord. ====================== Scripture1 Kings 22:13-1413 And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord...

I cannot expect His 'presents' if I reject His 'presence'.  =========================== ScriptureJohn 5:37-40"And the Father who sent me has himself born witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you do not have his word...

The power of the savior speaks for itself. His story needs no embellishment, no enhancement, no revision...but simply the honest conviction of a heart transformed. ====================== Scripture2 Peter 1:16"For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made...

God does not hide His actions or His majesty; rather He proclaims His identity and presence throughout all of time and all of creation so that we would be witnesses of Him. ================================ ScriptureIsaiah 43:10-13 “You are my witnesses,” declares...

The wealth and trappings of this world become as perishable as a pack of Costco romaine lettuce when viewed next to eternity. =========================== Scripture1 Peter 1:17-19"Since you call on a Father who judges each person's work impartially, live out your time...

Unified purpose and mutual accountability open the door for Kingdom growth. ================== Scripture 2 Chronicles 29:34"But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, their brothers...

I have no lack of clean water to fill my heart, I only need to choose to make use of it. =========================== ScriptureJames 3:9-11"With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of...

Christ's love looks beyond our present, to see our potential.===================== ScriptureIsaiah 19:25"The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying "Blessed by Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."" ObservationWhat a jarring passage of...