The Only One Who Can Satisfy

"As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to...

To Know Him and To Be Like Him: A Reminder of Why We Read the Bible

Probably too often, I have the desire to be a hermit. To go off-grid and live somewhere alone in the middle of the woods. I love people. I love my life. But sometimes I just get tired. I just want...

The Hope of a Sojourner: Remembering Why I’m Here and Where I’m Going

“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.” Psalm 39:12 What is a sojourner? It’s one who...

To Be At Peace with God: A Message of Reconciliation

"For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross." Colossians 1:19-20 If there is...

Learning To Cease Striving and Start Walking

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But...

Storing His Word in My Heart

"With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments. I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119:10-11 Every time I wander from the things of...

A Cause Worthy of Your Life

"For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him...

Why God Gives Us More Than We Can Handle

"For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who...

Return, O My Soul, To Your Rest

"If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,    O Lord, who could stand?4 But with you there is forgiveness,    that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,    and in his word I hope;6 my soul waits for the Lord    more than watchmen for the morning,    more than watchmen for the morning." Psalm 130: 3-6...