LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL Picture this scenario: You’re really down—flat on your face, exhausted, defeated. You feel the devil’s hot breath on your neck as he whispers: You’ll never break that habit—as soon as you try, you’ll go out and do it again. It’s...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL A neighborhood bully about ten years of age was invited to go to a local Sunday School, and the boy went. The teacher recognized the lad and thought to herself, “I had better really pour it on this kid because I may never get another...
When was the last time you were disciplined by God? There is no way to get to where God wants you to be without His discipline. This is a clear teaching of Scripture. God is actually the author of discipline and does it to perfection. Without discipline, we are not...
Some hurts change your life in a single moment. But healing rarely happens that way. Nina was walking to the bus stop when she was assaulted. In the days that followed, her body wouldn’t let her forget. She flinched at unexpected sounds. She replayed what happened...
Nobody likes to fail; yet some of the greatest lessons in life are learned through failure. The reality, as Rick Warren has pointed out, is that “no one’s life is an unbroken chain of victories. We all experience setbacks … defeats … losses … failures.” That’s the way...
LISTEN TO DEVOTIONAL “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask,” said James and John to Jesus. Now, I can relate to that! I always want Jesus to do whatever I ask Him to do. Their request, however, was rather presumptuous: to sit on the right and left...
When we reach out to help people suffering from disasters or other ordeals, it’s important to offer practical assistance, but it’s even more important to offer the life-changing hope of Jesus Christ. Diffculties are not a sign that God has abandoned us, but a reality...
Ok, so if some things cannot be avoided what can I do with stuff that comes or happens? If you are going to fly somewhere, there could be turbulence at times when the aircraft shakes and bounces like a car on an old road. If you are going to sail somewhere there could...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL If God really is supernatural, should we think it strange when miracles occur today? Put more personally, can we trust God for that which has no human explanation? Or should we simply conclude that God put the world into operation, then...
The moment had finally come. Shisham was about to give birth to her first child, and her husband, parents, and extended family gathered close, full of anticipation. There had been health complications along the way, but Shisham wasn’t prepared for the tragic loss of...