Has the thought ever crossed your mind that because of your past mistakes God couldn’t possibly use you? Have you ever felt like your past has disqualified you from a relevant future? Let’s consider some of the heroes mentioned in the Bible. Jacob was a cheater and a swindler....

Let’s say you’re on a very long road trip in a car with very heavy traffic and your children are screaming. And there you are annoyed and definitely angry with the traffic....

Every day can be, “The best day ever!” It may not go the way we thought, hoped, or dreamed it would, but perhaps it went the way it should’ve gone. We’re told in Scripture that all things work together for our good....

We were not made to run nonstop twenty-four hours a day. We were made to stop and be still and know God....

Isn’t it easy to say, “God knows what’s best” and “He cares” when things in life are going well? God is never surprised by what is happening to you. Isaiah 45:7 (NLT) says, “I create the light and make the darkness....

John the Baptist tells us about Jesus in John 3:30 (NIV), “He must become greater; I must become less. ” Our true spiritual strength is found when we rest in our Lord....

When you hear the word “discipline,” what comes to mind? Punishment, suffering, or teaching and learning? Perhaps as a child the rod of correction was quite liberally applied to your seat of learning. There are three types of discipline: preventive, supportive, and corrective....

Start where you are, use what you have, and be faithful with the task the Lord has given you. “Jesus went on to make these comments: If you're honest in small things, you'll be honest in big things” (Luke 16:10 MSG)....

As Father’s Day approaches, it may be difficult for you to celebrate. You may be carrying deep wounds in your heart....

Have you seen the television commercials with dogs looking sad, frightened, and alone? Chained up, starving, and in pain? If the dogs could make a wish, surely it would be to be found and saved from their misery, or to fall asleep never to wake to the stench of hopelessness surrounding them. The organizations running the commercials ask for financial help to rescue the animals from this plight....