If you’re convinced there’s nothing special about you or you have nothing to offer others, nothing could be further from the truth. Because you are a unique creation of God, you have a unique combination of skills, abilities, and gifts that no one else has....

Have your kids ever called you from school and said, “Hey, I forgot my lunch. Can you bring it?”...

If you had one last chance to impart wisdom and truth to your closest friends, what would you say? Would you regale them with stories of times gone by, would you speak words of love? On their last evening together, Jesus took one last opportunity to teach those closest to Him. In His discourse He summed up life and ministry, while declaring things that were yet to come....

Hineni is a Hebrew word, pronounced hee-ney-nee, meaning “Here am I. ” In Isaiah 6:8 NIV, the obedient prophet recounts his quick response to the Lord, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”And I said, “Here am I (hineni)....

Has someone ever accused you of something that was completely and utterly not true? As children of God, we should be living our lives in such a way that any “foolish accusations” have no grounding in truth or reality. ...

If you’re convinced there’s nothing special about you or you have nothing to offer others, nothing could be further from the truth. Because you are a unique creation of God, you have a unique combination of skills, abilities, and gifts that no one else has....

What is the white stone in this Scripture passage from Revelation 2? During the era of history when Jesus and His disciples were alive, it was a Roman tradition that when a trial concluded, the judges would vote by casting a black or white stone into an urn. A black stone meant guilty, and a white stone meant innocence....

We live in such precarious times. Everything is so uncertain and off-balance....

Focusing on areas of weakness can often be discouraging, dragging people away from their calling and pulling them away from the very thing that could be their strength. It takes a change in perspective and willingness to surrender to turn weaknesses into strengths....

What are you and I praising God for today? It can be for something as simple as the act of waking up or as complex as the healing of a deep physical or emotional wound. ...