May 22, 2024
For some readers, this might be a stunning thought: To make the world a better place you don’t have to reinvent yourself. It’s likely you don’t have to check any of the boxes that are often recommended by experts and non-experts alike: Quit your job. Take a battery of fill-in-the-blank personality tests. Travel to some distant mountain in search of …
Sep 20, 2022
—Psalm 14:1 NLT Do you know this verse? Actually it’s just part of a verse. And when taken by itself, it is totally out of context. If you tried to pass it off as a complete quote from the Bible, most people would instantly recognize the absurdity of such a blatant untruth. After all, the Bible is God’s autobiography. The …
by Tara L. Cole
Aug 5, 2022
And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people? —1 Kings 3:8–9 Teaching is …
Sep 28, 2021
As the church, we are facing a time of prolific change, and our ability to evolve is essential for an effective future. We have simply reached the end of a wineskin. The sound of its tearing reverberates through church culture, imploring us to preserve the rich vintage of ages past while urgently making space for the vigor of fresh wine …
by Jim Maxim
Jan 20, 2021
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. (Luke 11:2) The disciples knew Jesus went away alone to pray, sometimes for entire nights, and they witnessed His supernatural miracles and healings daily. It must have had a tremendous impact on them! Luke 11:1–4 tells us that right after the disciples watched Jesus finish another one of His prayer times, they …
by Joshua Mills
Nov 5, 2020
All over the world, God is showing people visions of new doors being opened. Some see these entrances as golden gates, while others see them as large and imposing doors fashioned from ancient wood or burnished bronze. Many people have told me they see them as openings of brilliant, swirling light, and they come with an invitation to step in. …
Oct 1, 2020
Old habits die hard. As most folks know, that old axiom is painfully true. How many times have you tried to change a thought, a behavior, or a routine of some kind and found out that unless you really focus on it and work at it, you just keep doing the same old things over and over? I suspect everybody …
Sep 22, 2020
As I studied the stranger in the mirror, a surge of what I can only describe as pure self-hatred ran through my body. “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!” I screamed at the teary-eyed reflection staring back at me. I watched the pain darken my eyes as I felt the words jab like a knife; a feeling …