Do you remember the old Toys “R” Us jingle, “I don’t wanna grow up. I’m a Toys R Us kid…”? As nice as this jingle is, there comes a time when you must grow up and move forward in life....

Do you try to do things on your own, thinking you don’t need support from others? That was not God’s intention when He created you. He says in Matthew 18:20 (NIV), “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them....

Are your circumstances causing you to wonder about God’s involvement in your life? What do you do when things seem to go from bad to worse? How do you keep going in moments when all you hope for seems to have disappeared? If these questions seem deeply familiar, it’s because they resonate within all of us at one time or another. Read the psalms....

We should never compare ourselves to others. The Lord planned us to prosper and to have hope and a future....

Even Jesus, who is God in the flesh, at one time cried out, “My God, My God why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34 NIV). Sometimes, you may feel as though the Lord has abandoned you....

The only time my mother ever came to my school was when I was in the first grade. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to come; she couldn’t because she worked. ...

There are times in a conversation when a wrongly placed word can come out of your mouth. You wish you could take it back....

Some days you just feel exhausted and worn. You may even be ready to give up....

The phrase “Thanks for nothing” is often used to indicate someone’s displeasure with a person’s response to something done for them. Jesus could have easily uttered these words to the nine leapers who didn’t return to say thank you....

In Genesis 22, we read the story of Abraham’s obedience when he was told by God to sacrifice his son Isaac. But, it is not merely a story about obedience....