Our tendency is to show God our trophies, the good things we have done, but God is looking at what we have hidden under our bed. Our loving heavenly father desires for us to be truthful, not perfect; He hates pretense and is not expecting us to always have our act together. The father of [...]
I have learned that life comes in seasons. We need to embrace our present season, receive grace for it, and realize it will not last forever. The Scriptures tell us, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens…He has made everything beautiful in its time.” (Ecc. 3:1&11) God has [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Faith is a choice, not an emotion. We all have faith, but each of us makes the personal choice as to where we place our faith. Billy Graham chose to place his complete faith and [...]
Billy Graham’s homecoming reminds us all that our trust in the Lord is based completely on the promises we find in God’s Word. Billy modeled this for us so well. His complete trust was in the God who gave us His Word in the Bible. He received this truth by faith and never looked back. [...]
My greatest modern day hero of the faith, Billy Graham, went to be with his Lord early this morning. I have always loved this man. As a young dairy farmer he chose to believe the Bible was the Word of God and committed his life completely to Christ. God used him powerfully to change the [...]
One day a friend gave me a candy bar. Little did I know that he had eaten the real candy bar and carefully replaced it with a piece of wood. When I opened the wrapper, I discovered his clever trick! It was a counterfeit. Every Christian must examine himself to determine if his salvation is [...]
I have heard it said hundreds of times: “We do not need more churches in our community. We have enough churches already.” I disagree. We cannot fulfill the Great Commission without planting churches. We need new churches! Jesus, when He ascended into heaven two thousand years ago, left a spiritual family of 120 believers in [...]
Teamwork was God’s idea. He demonstrates teamwork for us in the way the Father, Son and Holy Spirit work together as one, yet each has his own role. Jesus could have accomplished His work on earth on His own, but he chose to work with a team to fulfill the task. He developed His disciples [...]
We all experience change and transition in life. God calls it “seasons.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Sometimes life is exciting, dynamic, and we feel on top of the world. At other times we just want to go away and escape our situation. King [...]
You are God’s favorite child! Our God has many favorites, and he can do that, because He is God! YOU were born for a purpose, regardless of how you feel this week. Take one small step of faith today and watch the Lord open doors before you. Author Lysa Terkeust gives us this great advice, [...]