Romans 15:13, I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spiri

Do you ever feel like you get a spiritual spanking? Well, Gods word does say, Spare the rod, spoil the child. God doesnt want his girls to be self-indulged, spoiled brats. So he uses his rod to pr

Romans 12:14, Bless those who persecute you. Dont curse them; pray that God will bless them. The Greek word translated into persecute was dioko which actually means to aggressively chase. Is anyone

Following God is not a list of laws and rules that must be obeyed in order to be deemed worthy of salvation. We would never be worthy if that were the case. God knew that. Jesus came to fulfill all th

God demands that we both love and hate. Were actually not supposed to be all love all the time. There are things to love and things to hate. The problem becomes when we confuse the two. And honestly,

God was on a mission to love and save someone. His chosen people were the Israelites, the Jewish people. But, the Jews turned on Jesus and didnt accept the love and salvation offered by God. So, here

Theres one thing that helps me when going through a problem. One thing that gives me permission to still find joy on the journey when the journey is darn hard. This one thing is knowing down deep wit

Today I return to my warm and sunny Florida Keys after traveling for the past week, but Im returning with something extra. Something so special and so extremely valuable. Let me tell you about the gi

Do you ever wonder how you could really be used by God? Ordinary you. Could God use you? Could he work through you? Lets be clear God does not need you. He really doesnt. He has the power to do an

God has a plan beyond the reality you see today. He has a purpose specifically for you that reaches beyond the circumstances of this season. Beyond this pain, beyond this struggle, beyond this uncerta