There’s a kind of heartbreak that doesn’t just hurt your feelings. It rearranges your whole future. You thought this relationship was it. You pictured the life, the home, the years ahead. You prayed about it, hoped for it, maybe even defended it when others questioned it. Then suddenly… it ends. And now you’re standing in the quiet wondering what just happened. Proverbs 3:5–6 (NLT) tells us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. See

Understanding What God Has Already Done It Started in the Spirit First Genesis 1:1 (NLT) tells us, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” and Revelation 22:13 reminds us that He is “the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Before anything existed in the natural, God already was—and everything that flows from Him is rooted in the Spirit. John 4:24 tells us that God is Spirit, and we must worship Him in spirit and in truth,

Leslie’s youngest daughter, Vanessa, had been a very quiet and reserved child until she turned 14 years old. She began to date boys and skip school, all the while her mother and two older siblings were completely oblivious. It wasn’t until her grades began to slip that Leslie caught a glimpse that something was wrong. Their father passed away shortly after Vanessa was born, so Leslie was a single parent with three children and two jobs. She couldn’t believe the things the tea

One of our primary responsibilities as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ is to be the reason that others think God is good. There is in truth no boundary for His goodness, because He is good all the time. As followers of Christ, we should be so convinced of God’s goodness that it should be oozing out of our pores. Faith in God is infectious, and He intended that it should be that way. Jesus Christ said in Matthew 5:16(ESV), “In the same way, let your light shine before othe

There’s a saying that God has three answers to our prayers, “yes, wait, or no.” I believe those three should be changed to “yes, wait,...

One of the most underrated yet deeply powerful elements of God’s love is this: He waits. The reality of God’s patience with us should...

The term “shake-up” is often used to describe that season in life where it feels like everything we’ve counted is no longer reliable....

In times of trouble and uncertainty, it is reassuring to turn to the timeless words of Psalm 46:1-2 (NLT): “God is our refuge and...

All of us experience challenges in our lives, and sometimes they are beyond anything we could have imagined. Issues in our marriages,...

Before Adam and Eve, the first couple, sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, they had no consciousness of guilt, sin, or...

Our Heavenly Father has all power in His hands, and He can do anything. We should remind ourselves of this knowledge daily so that we...

Galatians 6:9(NLT) tells us, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” There are many...

In a natural way of thinking, it might sound a bit unusual to stand on something that isn’t man-made or tangible. We’re used to standing...

Intimacy is an incredibly important piece to any meaningful and important relationship, and all of us understand that relationships add...

One thing can be said of believers and unbelievers alike, and it is that we are all on a quest. Within each of us, God has woven an...

I really like what God tells us through the Apostle Paul in 2Corinthians 13:5(NLT), “Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine....

Pessimism is a tendency or habit of seeing the worst in situations, things, and people. It’s one of the many threats to our contentment...

God’s extraordinary prophecy in Isaiah 9:6(KJV) proclaims, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall...

John 3:16(ESV) is probably one of the most recited verses in the Bible, and it should be because it speaks of God’s unconditional and...

The nineteenth chapter of the Gospel of John paints a portrait of the horrific details of the persecution Jesus Christ endured during his...