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Following Jesus Is Easier When You Do This! 5 Ways to Get Started!
I’ve always been amazed by Jesus’ response to Satan’s first temptation: “if you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread” (Matthew 4:3). I picture Jesus there, looking at the stones. His ribs are poking
5 Bible Verses About Healing for You!
The human spirit has been through tough times. It’s seen the Black Plague, it’s overcome the Great Fire of London, it has lived through two World Wars, it has witnessed that fateful day of 9/11, etc. The human spirit has
You’ve Read And You’ve Heard, But Who Is Jesus To You?
When asked who Peter thought Jesus was, he replied: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus didn’t praise Peter for giving a smart answer. Yes, the Lord did bless Peter for sharing these words, but he
Maybe What’s Missing in Your Life is this!…….
Our society wants us to spend every waking second of our lives doing something. As a result, the pace of life can become quite daunting. There are clients to meet, deadlines to make, calls to return. We run at 10,000
Want Divine Guidance in Choosing a Life Verse?
Your favorite Christian authors have one. Your friends at church do too. Even the pastor has one. A life verse. We hear about them all the time. Yet the idea of actually finding our own can seem overwhelming. For some
In A Spiritual Rut? Let Jesus Help!
There are times when, for whatever reason, our devotional life goes stale. Bible reading seems like a colossal chore, our prayers feel tepid and weak, and our love for God ebbs. We feel like we are stuck in a spiritual
The World is Waiting For You To Make A Difference! Will You?
He sat in front of me with urgency in his eyes and tear streaks on his cheeks. He spoke about his gut-level desire to make a difference in the lives of children. His emotion moved me because he was a
Give Jesus Your Problems..Ask Him to lead You to God’s plans!
The world we live in can be very stressful at times, wouldn’t you agree? Especially when you have to listen to and deal with the world’s problems, your own problems, your friend’s problems and your family’s problems. With so many
Tired Of Where You Are? Here’s An Invitation For You!
“Lord, give me patience and give it to me right now!” This was a frequent prayer my mother spoke over me frequently in my boyhood years. This prayer may say more about me as a boy than it does about
When Life is Bad, Jesus Wants To Help!
During times of cascading badness, friends sometimes need to believe for those caught in the crush of seriously bad stuff. Life can be crushing. Some people seem to get more than their fair share of the crush than others —
Jesus Has Kept A Secret For you…!
Picture this: your child comes home from school, nursing hurt feelings. You comfort her and begin telling her a story from your own childhood to help her deal with her hurt. Or a friend, confused and uncertain, comes to you
MayBe You Just Need Jesus’s Touch!
Touch has always been important to me. As a boy with a touch of ADD — or maybe a lot more than a touch of ADD — I was never good at sitting still. Some people believe I became a
