Have you ever wondered what the purpose of your life’s journey is? Is your life all about you? What are you doing in life that will ensure you will live in perfect love, joy, and peace for eternity? There is nothing imperfect people can do on their own to ensure they will live in heaven once they die except to…
How do you get rid of two hundred summer squash? My first encounter with gardening at eight proved to be very bountiful. My parents rented a house on a farm that had a place for a garden. Before we started the garden, my dad and I went to the store to buy manure, seeds, and an irrigation hose. Early Saturday…
What would you be willing to do for the person you love the most? If serving them required time, effort, money, or personal sacrifice, would you expect a response or require a reward? To love others through our service or any other means without the expectation of a response or reward is defined as a labor of love or unconditional…
Several decades ago, yes, I’m revealing my age, there were several Christian songs that talked about wanting more of God. I struggled to sing them because I didn’t know how we could have part of God in us through Christ and part of Him out of us. That message didn’t match God’s word or Christ’s love and grace. Many new…
Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. (1 Cor. 13:13, MSG) When we trust steadily in the love, heart, truth, and faithfulness of God our hope can be unmovable and our faith unshakeable. These foundations of our faith empower us to love extravagantly and completely like Christ because we understand how…
Many Christians make religious plans to study God’s word, go to church, and join a Bible study or home group. These plans can help them grow unless they become something we are doing to prove that we are good Christians. In our human condition, we must guard our minds and hearts from falling into a fleshly mindset that what we…
“I grew up in a loving home, but there were times that my parents yelled at one another, called each other names, and they went for days without talking to one another. I thought this was how love looked in marriage, but this can’t be the way Jesus intended us to love,” a friend confided in me. My friend struggled…
“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God, you’ll be at rest.” Corrie Ten Boom was a Holocaust survivor who provided refuge to Jews. As the world continues to whirl into another state of chaos with the war in Ukraine, many believers are trying to find peace without success.…
Coming out of the worldwide pandemic of COVID and now possibly facing a war, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the uncertainties we may face in this ever-changing world. As Christ’s disciples he tells us that we are in the world but not of the world (John 17:14). However, we must face the challenges, tests, and trials that come as…