We all have people we approach cautiously. You never know what to expect, so you don’t trust that person with anything of an intimate nature....

Have you ever noticed that the most important things in life are often the least impressive? For example, you see a friend you haven’t seen in ages, and you notice that the person has lost weight. You immediately say, “Wow, you look great! How much weight have you lost?” It’s a big accomplishment....

Often the words “peace” and “calm” are used together, but there is a difference between the two words. Being calm often depends on what our current situation is....

To give is to receive. With closed hands, nothing is given, and nothing can be received....

Two definitions for “religious” are: 1) relating to, or devoted to religious beliefs or observances; 2) used in the practice or worship services of a religion. Too often people think of Christians as being “religious”—not understanding our personal relationship with Christ....

The Great Commission in Mark 16 tells us to go into all the world telling everyone the Good News of Jesus Christ. Zacchaeus was a tax collector in biblical times; he was a despicable, little man....

The verse of the day essentially says if we let God show us the way HE works, we can live the way WE were intended to live. What a stunning, life-changing statement! If you go way back to creation (Genesis 1–3), God created us on purpose....

Have you ever noticed that if you put the word “go” with “disable,” you get God Is Able? When I was a child, I had an aunt who was physically disabled; her neck was broken at birth. She never walked, attended school, dated, or got married....

Just knowing the truth does not make it active and alive in your life. Although God extends forgiveness of our sins when we repent, He does not promise to hold back the sin’s consequences....

I was thinking back to the circumstances that God directed in order for me to get to where I am today, and I thought…that’s why we have genealogies in the Bible. They’re one more way of God showing us He’s in the details, and He’s working EVERYTHING out for our good and His glory....