This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network Funny story: my stepdad doesn’t like tomatoes but he planted 120 tomato plants this year. He’s not a farmer. He’s a retired plumber. He doesn’t grow anything [...]
People who struggle with insecurity know what it feels like to be an "outsider." Whether they really are or not, there's a real feeling of being left out or pushed to the back. It's a tool [...]
I had to look up the definition for clarity. As I was praying for several people around me, I realized the common denominator was struggle-- they were all struggling in some form or fashion. The dictionary [...]
Do you have things in your life that were once exciting that now feel like a chore? Maybe it's your job, or your studies, or (God forbid) your marriage. My point is, we should never be [...]
When my husband and I first married, he had to get used to an extended family— not because he married into mine, but because my side of the family had multiples. My parents were divorced and [...]
There's an old song that rises up in my heart occasionally. The lyrics start out like this: Who is like You, Lord in all the earth?Matchless love and beauty, endless worthNothing in this world can satisfyJesus, [...]
When you think about it, emotions are an interesting attribute of our human make-up. And yet, God saw it fit to equip us with these feelings that influence our behavior. Emotions cause us to laugh, cry, [...]
Years ago, my husband and I decided to paint the trim of our house one summer. We only had one ladder so I had the bright idea that an old milk crate, turned upside-down, would be [...]
As you know, in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the Bible describes how Jesus went from place to place ministering to people. For example, in Matthew 9:35, the Bible says, "Then Jesus went [...]
"Beware of mixing even a little of self with the mortar with which you build, or you will make it untempered mortar, and the stones will not hold together. If you look to Christ for your [...]
"But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God" (Luke 9:27). The first time I studied this, I thought "What did Jesus mean? [...]
"Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscious seared with a hot [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | I’m always saddened to see some churches practice their religion under a heavy cloak of condemnation. I recently attended a funeral at one such church. It [...]
"In God's eyes, there are only two men, Adam and Christ. Every human being is a copy of one or the other. To be in Adam is to be lost and merely human, but to be [...]
The Bible says, "The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe" (Proverbs 29:25). The word strategy describes a plan, method, or series of maneuvers for obtaining a specific goal [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network My husband has always been one to get up early. But me, I would always say I wasn’t a morning or a night person — I was [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | It was an utter failure — a sin that couldn’t have been predetermined, something he didn’t know he was even capable of doing. And afterward, the [...]
It's my birthday week and I adopted this birthday scripture a few years ago: "Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to [...]
