This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | “If your faith remains strong, even while surrounded by life’s difficulties, you will continue to experience the untold blessings of God! True happiness comes as you [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | “Now, friends, read these next words carefully. Slow down and don’t go jumping to conclusions regarding the day when our Master, Jesus Christ, will come back [...]
The Bible says the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). We could say these are character traits of our God. In other words, you can [...]
A minister once said, "You cannot find in scripture where you are to trust people. The Bible only tells us to put our trust in God." If you've never thought about this before, it is a bit [...]
If you’ve tried to rent a movie lately, or even scrolled through your TV guide to watch something, you’ve noticed the plethora of scary, frightful, even downright evil that has taken over the media industry. Personally, [...]
When I was younger, my stepdad was an avid fisherman and hunter. I didn't care much for either at the time, but nonetheless, I learned about lures, bait, and deer blinds. So when I discovered the [...]
We've been sitting in this pot for awhile now. I'm referring to this world we live in, but my reference isn't limited to those who are over a certain age-- this situation we're in now, it's [...]
I met a girl recently who talked to me the entire time with her arms folded across her chest and her head tilted slightly to the side as if she was keeping the door in her [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | Steve Jobs once said, “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” I imagine the devil wishes he could’ve connected [...]
I want to encourage you today to believe the best of every person. You will have opportunity to see the faults in others and therefore, it's inevitable that you will be disappointed in the actions (or [...]
I want to ask you to think about something: What do you require? Is there something you would name as a necessity? What I mean is, what is it that you have to have every day? [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | I have such a love for music that I can’t just turn on one album at a time— I literally shuffle all my songs every day [...]
I am thirty-one years older than my daughter. I recently told her, "The world you are living in is much different than the one I imagined for you." But I don't want her (or any of [...]
While I was praying recently, this phrase came up in my spirit: "Learn from the Sunflower." I thought hmmm, so I looked up more information and was surprised to discover a couple of interesting facts. For starters, the sunflower [...]
What happens when a person's reckless living meets the reckless love of God? A.W. Tozer is quoted as saying something that makes me think of fathers. He said, "What comes into our minds when we think [...]
Addressing racial injustices, I see two major steps. Racial profiling has to STOP. Pre-judging a person based on the color of their skin has to STOP. I hope to God I’m not addressing Christians here, but [...]
This article first appeared on The Inspired Woman Blog | Jesus gave us a command that had such power He immediately had to follow it with a warning. The command was: “…that you love one another” (John [...]
