SEIZE THE MOMENT! Be careful how you act; these are difficult days. Don’t be fools; be wise: make the most of every opportunity you have for doing good. Ephesians 5:15-16 (TLB) Everyone has a dream, but most dreams never come true. It’s not that we aren’t smart enough, or outgoing enough, or even spiritual enough. […]

GOD IS IN CONTROL IN YOUR DEAD END Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing. Romans 4:17 (NLT) There are certain dead-end words in life: cancer, divorce, bankruptcy, infertility, and unemployment, to name a few. How do you know when you’re at […]

EVERY DIFFICULTY WILL WORK IN YOUR FAVOR For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2 Corinthians 4:17 When we go through difficulties in life, it stings. We’re tempted to blame someone, even God. Some troubles are so troubling, the only comfort is in knowing […]

FAITH, NOT FEELINGS, MOVES GOD “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” Job 1:21 When you are a beginner Christian, God gives you a lot of affirming emotions. But as you grow in […]

DECISION-MAKING IS A FAITH-BUILDING ACTIVITY But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord. James 1:6-8 (NRSV) Nothing is going to […]

DARING FAITH HAS BIG DREAMS Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of – infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. Ephesians 3:20 (TLB) Dreaming is an act of faith. […]

HOW TO SET A FAITH GOAL I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through Christ to the life above. […]

CHOOSE HOPE Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise. The Lord is all I have, and so in him I put my hope. Lamentations 3:21-24 (TEV) Pain is a natural part of life. We can’t escape it. […]

DARE TO SELL OUT The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9 (NLT) God knows we need to understand three things about the importance of daring faith. God is looking for faithful people. God is actively searching for people who […]