Guard Your Heart (Inspired by the devotions of Chris Tiegreen) Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life – Proverbs 4:23 NKJV We often think about guarding our hearts by ensuring we don’t engage in certain behaviors or allow negative influences to penetrate us. And while there’s nothing wrong with that,...
Let’s Do It, Let’s Go! “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill “And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those...
We celebrate and commemorate all the amazing mothers! Happy Mother’s Day
Love, the Distinguishing Factor “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” – John 13:35 NKJV We cannot honestly say that we love God (who we cannot see) if we show no love, care, and concern for our neighbors (community, family, friends, acquaintances, strangers) who we can see. It...
You yourselves are all the endorsement we need. Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. 3 Christ himself wrote it — not with ink, but with God’s living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives — and we publish it. 2 Cor 3:2-3 Stay encouraged...
Time to Reset and Recenter We are constantly living in a rat race—pursuing, spinning, and scurrying to survive, achieve and thrive until we are exhausted and our lives out of control. In trying to keep pace with the demands of society and others, we may find ourselves uptight and stressed out, unable to enjoy life...
Keep Going—Your Discipline Will Reap Dividends “Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished...
Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying. 7 And now, go quickly and tell his disciples that...
Love—Simply the Best If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life – Cher “Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. It is not rude; it is not self-seeking,...
