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1. Real Talk Kim: We See a Mess; God Sees a Chance!

The obstacles in your life are God's opportunities to reveal Himself to you. He turns your mess into a message and your test into a testimony. God never wastes a hurt. Psalm 56:8 (NLT) says, "You keep ...

Created on 15 March 2019

2. The One Thing God Wants Most From You

Did you know that you can receive the liberating grace of God and then foolishly take the principles that should guide us and make them into a new form of bondage—a whole new system of legalism that breeds ...

Created on 01 March 2019

3. How to Know Whether You Have a Pride Problem

We have a problem, and it is called pride. It is sinister and lurks around the corner of every success and attainment in life. The more educated we are, the greater the temptation to be proud, contemptuous ...

Created on 16 March 2018

4. The Famine and the Harvest

The prophet Amos was an old shepherd farmer who lived at a time when people were satisfied with the status quo. He was a contemporary of many of the Old Testament's major prophets, who lived 700 years ...

Created on 13 October 2017

5. No Regrets—Living Intentionally for Christ

Samantha peered into the mirror one day and saw a woman looking back at her whom she did not even recognize. "Can this really be my life?" she asked herself. "This is not the way I thought things were ...

Created on 18 August 2017

6. 5 Loving Ways You Can Nurture Holy Spirit's Call on Your Child's Life

When I was in the sixth grade, I talked a lot. I mean a whole lot. I would often lock myself in the bathroom, grab a pencil to use as a makeshift microphone and render award-winning speeches to a make-believe ...

Created on 04 May 2017

7. Carrying God's Presence Begins With This Small Choice

One morning when my husband and I were on our way to work, the Lord gave me a simple command. My husband was driving, and I was holding a gift from him in my lap—a pot of my favorite flowers, mums that ...

Created on 26 March 2017

8. Liberating Your Mind From 'Destructive, Little Foxes' That Block Your Healing

"Why is it that when I get physically hurt, I can receive healing right away, but emotional hurts hang on for months?" my friend Jill asked me. I answered with a question: "What do you do when you need ...

Created on 26 February 2017

9. Conquering Your Lifelong Fears Begins With This Basic Step

What will they think of me? What will they do to me? What if I say something that offends someone? What if? What if? What if? I am a fairly bold guy, but that wasn't always the case. I used to blend in ...

Created on 19 February 2017

10. Through the Eyes of Hope: Spiritual Sight in the Wake of Adversity

When people have nothing better to do with their time, they troll the internet. They look for ways to be divisive because they're unhappy with something in their own lives that they don't understand how ...

Created on 12 February 2017

11. Do You Have an 'I Work for Jesus' Attitude?

Once as I sat on a 737 getting ready to leave the gate at the airport, my window seat overlooked the luggage loading area. A large tractor had pulled the string of carts up to a long conveyor belt that ...

Created on 22 January 2017

12. When You Feel Your Needs Outweigh God's Supply

Several years ago, I was shopping at a one-stop shopping center with my two daughters in tow, both under the age of 4 at the time. Lisa and Angela were chattering up a storm, enjoying the depth of a preschool ...

Created on 15 January 2017

13. You Must Change This in Order To Walk in God's Plan for You

Do you ever feel it is too late to fulfill the plan and purpose God has for your life? If you do, let me encourage you. According to our country's legal retirement years, I am several years past retirement ...

Created on 01 January 2017

14. Don't Just Listen—Obey!

When we hear God's Word and do not do it, we deceive our own hearts! A deceived person really believes he or she is obeying God, when in reality this individual is acting in disobedience. Deception veils ...

Created on 25 December 2016

15. The Scripture That Reminds Us of God's Incredible Generosity

John 3:16 is probably one of the most oft-quoted verses in the Bible: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." ...

Created on 18 December 2016

16. Seeing Christ in Christmas Traditions

Nothing but wonderful. That's what the Christmas season is. Wonderful smells from homey kitchens, fresh-cut evergreens and fragrant candles. Wonderful sounds from Christmas carols and seasonal classics ...

Created on 11 December 2016

17. Harvesting the Fruit of the Seeds of Promise

Paging through a botanical magazine last winter, I found myself marveling at the beautiful flowering trees and exotic plants pictured inside. In a moment of sheer inspiration, I decided it would be awesome ...

Created on 04 December 2016

18. The Power of the Eucharistia

(Editor's Note: This article is taken from The Book of Mysteries, a series of daily devotionals based on conversations the author had with his "teacher" that led to amazing discoveries). We were sitting ...

Created on 20 November 2016

19. When You Don't See an End to Your Trials

Have you ever asked God why? "Why me, Lord?" "Why not pick somebody else for this?" "Why am I always the one going through the fire?" In the good times we say, "Lord, I love You." We quote, "Oh, in the ...

Created on 13 November 2016

20. Preparing the War Zone in Your Mind

Editor's Note: During this election week, no matter the outcome, let's resist negative thoughts and keep our minds focused on God's Word and things above, knowing that in the Lord we are safe, secure, ...

Created on 06 November 2016