Are you the kind of person who is pretty self reliant and you don’t bother God with stuff you can either do by yourself or handle on your...

I don’t know anyone who likes this. Trials and troubles aren’t joy producing, at least not for me. What James is telling us is that...

God is so, so patient with us. He waits and waits for us to stop trying to control things ourselves - as if we ever could. He waits for...

People are trying to encourage you when they say this - but it’s not in the Bible. God didn’t say this - but He did say He would lead us...

In our efforts to be and do all that God created us to be and do, we need to be careful not to focus on our actions and works. It’s the...

People are always watching and evaluating others. Even if we don’t do it consciously, we all do it - especially to Christians! We want to...

Pastor David @stockpics said this yesterday and it really got me to thinking… He mentioned a few examples - like when the Israelites were...

Faith and trust in God is always harder when you don’t see how or why something could possibly be used for good or to actually be for the...

Our wounds have more power over us than we want to acknowledge or admit. But healing comes when we confront them. How many times have you...

Sometimes life feels overwhelming. It’s one of the many ways that Jesus can identify with us. He felt overwhelmed. He felt the emptiness...

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so...

No matter what we’re going through, we are doing it WITH the Lord God, Jesus and Holy Spirit! We aren’t going through it alone. God is...

It’s really hard for us to keep rooted and grounded in our faith when things around us are in chaos. But when the world is raging around...

Do you get your strength from the Lord? Do you turn to Him first, or do you try everything else first? I do both. Psalm 18 means a lot to...

The Bible tells us over and over (365 times) that God says “Do not be afraid, or “Fear not!” But Proverbs 1:7 tells us that “Fear of the...

Have you ever preached to yourself? Sometimes you just need to take the Word of God that is planted in your heart and remind yourself of...

I wonder why we always think we need to know stuff that God hasn’t revealed to us. I am so guilty of this! But the truth is that God’s...

This is the difference for those who are following Christ. Getting to know Jesus and walk with the Holy Spirit is totally different than...

I learned something so sweet about my Jesus yesterday, something so obvious, but undiscovered by me… We are always learning about how the...

When you surrender to God, you still have full control over your actions. It’s not like God is driving, it’s more like He is giving the...