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Are you ready to take a step of faith?

Are You Ready to Take a Step of Faith?

We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we. (Numbers 13:31 NKJV) What do you do when God’s clearly called you to take a step of faith? You’ve heard God’s call. He’s even confirmed it for you. So, you start to move your foot forward. But...

Do you want to be full of joy?

Do You Want to Be Full of Joy?

You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11 NKJV) Being full of joy seems like an aspiration – something intangible or something you can’t actually have. But that’s not true. The...

How to dig deeper into God's Word

How to Dig Deeper Into God’s Word

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. (Psalm 1:2 NKJV) If you want to dig deeper into God’s Word this year, one way to do that is through meditation. Not the type of meditation you hear about in the world (in which you...

The Worst Words You Could Ever Hear

The Worst Words You Could Ever Hear

I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! (Matthew 7:23 NKJV) Imagine this. You die. When you see Jesus, He turns to you and says, “I never knew you; depart from Me.” Those are the worst words you could ever hear. After you die, your fate is...

Can you believe how much Jesus loves you?

Can You Believe How Much Jesus Loves You?

“[T]he kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” (Matthew 13:45–46 NKJV) When I quickly read this parable, my first thought was that Jesus was the pearl...

What's keeping you from doing God's will?

What’s Keeping You From Doing God’s Will?

And the close relative said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance.” (Ruth 4:6a NKJV) In Old Testament times, if a man died before his wife bore him a child, a close family member of the deceased, called a kinsman redeemer, would marry the...

In everything give thanks

In Everything Give Thanks

“[I]n everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV) Do you want to do God’s will? Here is some low-hanging fruit (so to speak) – a verse that expressly tells you what God’s will is for you. That verse...

Jesus Is Talking to You

Jesus Is Talking to You

This is My beloved Son. Hear Him! (Matthew 9:7 NKJV) Imagine that you are sitting in a stadium filled with people. A cacophony of sound envelopes you. The noise grows louder as the people cheer before returning to a low roar. Someone you know is sitting on the other...

10 Bible Verses about Forgiveness

10 Bible Verses about Forgiveness

Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! (Psalm 32:1 NLT) God’s forgiveness is one of the sweetest things you can experience. The weight of condemnation lifts, and you experience freedom. How amazing is that? But don’t take...

Why Are You Here and Now?

For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (Esther 4:14 NKJV) Queen...

7 Bible verses about truth

7 Bible Verses About Truth

What is truth? (John 18:38 NKJV) There are a lot of ideas about truth being tossed around. Things like: What’s true for you, isn’t necessarily true for me. Truth changes from generation to generation. You create your own truth. There is no absolute truth. The last one...

Did you do what God said?

Did You Do What God Said?

If you love Me, keep My commandments. (John 14:15 NKJV) When God asks you to do something, do you do it? And when you do, do you do it the way He said to do it? Or do you add to or change His instructions? God wants us to obey Him. After all, He is God, and we are...

What will it be like to see Jesus?

What Will It Be Like to See Jesus?

We wish to see Jesus (John 12:21). The other morning, I woke up thinking about what it will be like when we get to see Jesus for the very first time. After all, the Bible tells us that when we are absent from our earthly bodies, we’ll be present with our Lord...

Does God hate gay people?

Does God Hate Gay People?

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8 NKJV) Does God hate gay people? The short answer is no. Does God hate the sin of acting on same-sex attraction? Yes. In the Bible, it’s called an...

7 steps to a better devo

7 Steps to a Better Devotional Time with God

And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. (Luke 10:39 NKJV) What does your devotional time with God look like? How often do you meet with Him? Then, during that time, do you sit at His feet and soak in His Word like Mary...

How do you get spiritual fruit?

How Do You Get Spiritual Fruit?

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. (Galatians 5:22–23 NKJV) How do you get spiritual fruit? The answer is simple. It’s so simple that we sometimes forget the how and,...

What is humility?

What Is Humility?

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. (Philippians 2:3–4 NKJV) I’ve heard it said...

Why do Christians celebrate Easter?

Why Do Christians Celebrate Easter?

He is not here; for He is risen. (Matthew 28:6a NKJV) The Easter holiday evokes a lot of images when you think about it. Things like chocolate bunnies. Jelly beans. Egg hunts. The Easter Bunny. Fancy hats and dresses. While fun, those traditions have nothing to do...

Do you believe God's perfect will is best?

Who Is Jesus?

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. (John 17:17 NKJV) Who is Jesus? I’ve heard people say a lot of things about Him. But some of them aren’t true. Things like: Jesus was a prophet. Jesus was a good moral teacher. Jesus and satan are spirit brothers. Jesus...

The blessing of rules

The Blessing of God’s Rules

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers...

Which comes first: grace or peace?

Which Comes First: Grace or Peace?

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 1:2 NKJV) Grace or Peace? Which comes first – grace or peace? No, this isn’t a bad Siri joke like the one with the chicken and the egg (I ordered them from Amazon. I’ll let you know.)....