You Don’t Deserve It
You don’t deserve the grace of the Lord. Neither do I. Nor does anyone else. According to scripture, our default heart setting is anti-God, opposed to Him on every level.…
That’s Our Savior
Ages ago I was listening to an episode of Adventures in Odyssey that spoke of Jesus calling Him Creator. To be honest, that pulled me up short and I missed…
Neighbor? Who’s a Neighbor?
You may or may not know this is the question that prompted Jesus to share a story that ended with the question, “Who was a neighbor?” The expert in religious…
Your Choice: World/Culture or God. Choose Well.
You know, God doesn’t care that we want certain things, it’s that He wants us to want Him more than we want those certain things. He declared in the beginning…
Good May Not Mean What You Think It Does
Romans 8:28 is another verse we love to take out of context. We humans tend to think in terms of what helps us or furthers us or makes us happy,…
You Say You’re a Christian? Prove it.
“Love each other just as I have loved you,” Jesus said. That’s a pretty tall order, to love as Jesus did. I mean, He suffered for us. He went without…
Don’t Forget Your Commitment to God
God means what He says. When He was giving the nation of Israel instructions for life, He told them to commit to Him wholeheartedly. Completely. Without distraction. Without wavering. He…
Don’t Follow Your Heart!
When we want to advise people to follow their dreams, we tell them to follow their heart. The problem is, our hearts are pretty easily deceived, and even become deceptive.…
What God Requires of YOU
How many times have you thought how nice it would if only God would tell you exactly what He wants of you? Here you go. Simple. And deep. God requires…
Hating a Fellow Believer ≠ Loving God
Pretty simple concept, isn’t it? You can’t actually love God if you hate a fellow believer. That means the believers from another country, another race, another church. But they’ve got…
The Very Next Morning?
But the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord’s people!” Numbers 16:41 NLT The next morning,…
Jesus Knew His Purpose, Do You?
Wouldn’t it be amazing to say that you had seen Jesus with your own eyes and understood that He was sent by God to be the Savior of the world?…