“Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.    Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along […]

“Who stood up for me against the wicked? Who took my side against evil workers?  If God hadn’t been there for me, I never would have made it.    The minute I said, “I’m slipping, I’m falling,” your love, God, took hold and held me fast. When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me […]

“The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.    Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation.    This is the way our Savior God wants us to live.”1 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭1-3‬ MSG  When […]

“But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him.    Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won’t know what we’re talking about.     But for you who welcome him, in […]

“We don’t want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn’t think we were going to make it. We felt like we’d been sent to death row, that it was all over for us.    As it turned […]

“Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: ‘God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have […]

Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.” Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭30‬ MSG Did you know that you can grieve God? You can break His heart? He is Personal yet […]

“Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now!    God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you’ll have it all—life healed and whole.     I know […]

“Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4:30‬ ‭MSG‬‬ Have you ever caused someone’s heart to break? Has your heart ever been broken? God’s has. You […]

Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have […]