What God Says About Loving Others via dayspring.com What does God say about love? What is love, according to the Bible? We have been given an abundance of Bible verses about loving others, so we can assume it’s important. John 13:34-35 TLB says, “And so I am giving a new commandment to you now—love each other just as [...]
Loving Family via first15.org One of the most direct examples of the kingdom of God on the earth is the family unit. God longs to use the love between family members to tell the world of his love as the Creator and Father of all. As believers, we must choose to continually love, forgive, [...]
A Slave to Anxiety No More via first15.org Anxiety is defined as a feeling of distress, unease, and worry or being troubled due to future uncertainty. There is something about the human experience that causes us all to look deeply into the future and set our minds on what might be there. We tend to [...]
You’ve probably heard about the egg who decided one day to do something rather foolish. He climbed atop a very high wall and sat scanning all he could see. Suddenly he slipped, slammed to the ground, and shattered into a thousand pieces. As he lay there, not even the most powerful creatures in the land [...]
How God Uses Stress for Our Good and His Glory by Randy Alcorn via Eternal Perspectives Ministries Ever been to a football game at half time when the band forms words or pictures in the middle of the field? They look great from up in the stands. But have you thought about what they look [...]
Looking Back Before Moving Forward by Alicia Bruxvoort via Proverbs 31 Ministries It was moving day, and my only emotion was relief. My husband and I had just lived through one of the toughest seasons of our young married life. We’d juggled graduate school and job changes, leaped into parenthood, and fallen into the pit [...]
If You're Feeling Overwhelmed Today...Remember This by Shae Tate via Proverbs 31 Ministries Phone, wallet, keys, computer, computer charger, lunch, coffee … Can you relate to this mental checklist I run through as I race out the door in the morning? I laugh at myself because sometimes, when I’m walking out my front door, I [...]
Giving Thanks in All Circumstances by Allison Richmond via gcu.edu When is it easiest to be thankful? When things are going good, right? While it might be easier to praise God when you are most happy and comfortable, it is just as important, if not more important, to thank Him in the midst of trials. [...]
You Don't Have to be Amazing by Ruth Chou Simons via Proverbs 31 Ministries You’re probably familiar with the lyrics of the well-known hymn “Amazing Grace.” It’s so hopeful to think of God’s grace saving “a wretch like me.” But for years I lived as though the lyrics were actually “God, help me be so [...]
Messy Pages Make Beautiful Masterpieces by Sharon Jaynes via Proverbs 31 Ministries Everyone loves a good story. But not everyone likes their own story. I wouldn’t have written my childhood story the way it now appears on the page. Instead, I would have had a daddy who loved me, a momma who cherished me, and [...]