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Father, I lift my eyes up to you, O, God, enthroned in heaven.

Pieces of life are unlocked in the dimly-lit atmosphere of worship. What we notice when we gaze around the surrounding crowd is part of God’s message. He places us in a church family purposely. The one Sunday of fifty-two that we choose to come to...

"Give it to God" is a typical response we receive when going through a worrisome or troubled season in life. Learning how to give our lives over to the Lord, especially when life is unexplainably difficult, is an important step of growth in our...

Without words, my dad faithfully repaired the doorframe every time my teenage angst slammed it off its alignment. No one ever asked him to check on me after an outburst that ended in tears behind that slammed door, but he always did. My dad loved...

In a world overrun with words, let’s find a different way to love each other beyond our screens and devices. The power of an in-person smile, embrace, and live listening ear oozes of compassionate love. Christ-like love is self-sacrificing,...

We all face times when it's hard to believe, and I think God is telling us through this story to come to Him with every doubt and hurdle in the way of belief. We can praise Him with little energy as if scraping up the side of the mountain, making...

Loving Jesus doesn’t make parenting easier, but it does get us through it in one piece! It’s not going to be a smooth ride, this parenting jam, but it’s going to be full of joy! Because it’s all on purpose for a purpose greater than us! 

How can we avoid common pitfalls and sharpen our ability to discern what is true and what is false in our daily lives? Faith in the resurrection is the cornerstone of our faith in Christ.

Fear is powerful. The phrase ‘do not fear’ appears 95 times in the New American Standard translation of the Bible. “Free” pops up 133 times. Jesus died to free us from fear, and in today’s verse, He reminds us why.

A devout Baptist, Rosalyn was an outspoken activist. Her shy demeanor complimented her diplomacy as she paved the way for the office of First Lady to be utilized as a platform to champion change and awareness.

Jesus’ death on the cross allows us to embrace the soul-gripping freedom of eternity that we are invited to share in as Christians. “But for all who did receive and trust in Him, He gave them the right to be reborn as children of God” (John 1:12,...

“For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.” - 1 Peter 1:23

Sidelined again. After years of strengthening my body and treating old injuries, I had finally been able to enjoy the thing on this earth I love the most …running.

Our purpose is to follow Jesus, attitude and all, the best we can, yielding to the Holy Spirit for the power to change and grow as time marches on.

The older I get, the more dependent I become on my quiet morning conversations with God through prayer and His Word. As the decades drift by and my daughters grow up, I cling to His promises of hope, joy, peace, and wisdom. He is faithful in...

“Don’t envy sinners, but always continue to fear the Lord. You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed.” – Proverbs 23:17-18, NLT

Firefighters accept the daily pursuit of walking into fires. They are heroes among us that face the shadow of death and great peril, voluntarily.

It’s crazy how learned behavior can overtake us and how damaging we can be before we are aware of what we’re doing wrong.

“For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.” – Romans 5:10 NLTThe sneaky pitfalls of pride hijack the calm from our lives, causing...

The more we go to God and let go of them, the more joy we will find in watching them soar into God's will for their lives.