“The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” - Deuteronomy 31:8Have you ever tried to control something that you just can’t control? You do everything you can to stop it or change it; you manipulate the circumstances and the people within the situation, but no matter what you do, you just can’t control th...  Read More

“If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.” (John 15:7)A good parent would never give a child a gift that would intentionally cause harm. You never see parents give knives to their children as presents. Why is that? Because they would hurt themselves or someone else. Now, a young man might need a pocketknife, per se, but a five-year-old—not ...  Read More

“But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God…Then Jesus said, “Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine? Didn’t any return to give glory to God except this foreigner?’” (Luke 17:15-18).There is power in thankfulness. When you do a favor for someone and they are genuinely thankful, your heart feels full, doesn’t it? It’s a wonderful feeling when so...  Read More

“…The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another. For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:6-7).How many times have we won an award or had a major accomplishment, but our egos become too inflated as a result?The moment we are on the mountain top, that’s when we are most positioned to fall. When God g...  Read More

“…You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires” (James 4:2-3).God is not a Christmas list God. We can’t hand Him a list of everything we want and expect Him to deliver our every request. God is not a Santa Claus figure who gives us good gifts when we’re good. Rather, He gives us good gifts when w...  Read More

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.’” (Isaiah 55:8-9) Kids have a tendency to think that material items fix everything. Ice cream fixes sadness, a game fixes boredom, and a toy makes you happy.Most everyone grows out of th...  Read More