“But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope: The Lᴏʀᴅ’s loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end. They are fresh every morning; your faithfulness is abundant! “My portion is the Lᴏʀᴅ,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.” —Lamentations 3:21–24 I
“But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” –John 20:31 Friend, I am always in awe of God’s thoughtfulness and love for humankind by sending Jesus and inspiring His
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. In him was life, and
Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God. Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate. —Psalm 147:1 I just read the whole of Psalm 147 and I can literally feel joy and sweetness in my heart. I am making a commitment to myself now that anytime
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13 One of the sweetest, most amazing, touching aspects of our relationship with God is how, in
Truth be told, the account in Genesis breaks my heart. I see a people so loved by God; I see Rebekah whom God had already told what her sons would become; I see Isaac favoring one son; I see Jacob going along with the deceit, and my heart breaks because
There was a season of my life when I was my own boss, and that season came with a lot of tears, mistakes, pains, and regret. Scriptures tell us that we were created to give God pleasure. The entirety of why we are on earth is for the will and
Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory. -Romans 15:7 I turned 30 in January, and if there is anything in my early years on earth that I have been petrified about, it is being rejected by people. Growing up, I always felt out of
“For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.” –Romans 12:4-5 A Christ-centered friendship should be a friendship that builds
Our reading in Genesis today is kind of nostalgic for me. I love that the people of the earth all spoke the same language and were in one accord. I really love that setting. But because of the nature of sin that had already begun to eat deeply and consistently