We all need encouragement. Sometimes it just takes one person who continues to press us and show confidence in our abilities and extends love and support that keeps us on the path moving forward in life and in faith....
Paul is determined to wake up Timothy, to rouse him out of his comfort zone, to motivate him into action. It is terribly disturbing to see someone, especially someone you care for, sit on their gifts and fail to...
Webster’s definition for brave is as follows: having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty: having or showing courage. What’s your best day ever? It certainly wasn’t a day when you ran away, cowered...
We often wish things would change, that someone would offer a class, begin a ministry, help people who ___________ (fill in the blank). How often do we realize that we need to be that “someone”? We are not called...
The First Commandment instructs us to love the Lord our God first and our neighbor next (just as much as we love ourselves). After being asked by an expert in Hebrew law, “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29) Jesus...
Christmas is over and the holidays have passed and now we head into the new year. For some the new year means new beginnings and change and it’s exciting. For others the challenges, let downs, and disappointments of 2019...
Have you ever felt weary and burdened and it seemed your life was coming apart at the seams? If so, you probably were experiencing some stress. Sress is a big issue in many people’s lives but especially so at...
When was the last time you experienced joy? The kind of joy you can’t contain and that sort of just spills out of you. How much of that joy are you living with today? How would you rate yourself...
The care and safety of Mary and Jesus (our Savior) was entrusted to an ordinary man who received a gift that he neither asked for nor wanted. The importance of Joseph in God’s plan of salvation is unfathomable. As...