The Psalmist wrote, "The plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations" (Ps. 33:11). But the question is: Can you really know the thoughts of the Almighty? Only a fool would deny that man and God think differently. We just...
"Everyone knows they're going to die," said Morrie Schwartz, adding, "but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently…[T]here's a better approach. To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can...
If you have an unsatisfied hunger for God deep down within your heart, no matter how far away He seems or how miserable you may be, be encouraged. You are spiritually alive and God's Spirit is prodding you to seek and find Him. But you may be thinking, "You don't...
There’s good news, friend! Life is not a matter of chance or fate. Winning is not the equivalent of standing in front of a slot machine when you feel lucky or picking the right five or seven numbers in the lottery. Some 3,000 years ago David wrote, “My frame was not...
The term “unwed mother” has practically vanished from our vocabulary. Your children are being taught that love should be “inclusive,” that two people of the same sex should have the same marriage ceremony that you and your spouse did, and that gender is a fluid...
When Moses knew that time for him was running out, he gave a charge to Joshua, saying, "Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach" (Deuteronomy 30:11). As a man who knew his days—possibly even his hours—were numbered, he gave...
On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.” John 7:37 In a Judean wilderness, David cried out, “O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body...
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:12, NIV "Dear Dr. Sala," writes an 8-year-old friend of Guidelines, "my name is Amy and I have a problem with my friends. Missy won't like me if I...
A sign over a mirror in a public school reads, “You are now looking at the most special person in the world.” The message is part of a program designed to build self-esteem in children, and there is no questioning the fact that some kids suffer from a lack of...
A student caught cheating on an exam, stops going to church. A mother of a child with disabilities lives in constant torment, convinced that God is punishing her child because she lived with her husband for a year before they were married and conceived her child...