It’s better to tell the truth than to avoid telling a lie.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take a lie detector test?  When you think about it, you envision yourself in a chair with some wires taped to your forehead and your chest (or wherever it is they stick those wires), […]

Having a goal means you know where you’re going.  It also means you stay on course.The reason rocket science is so difficult is that it has to be exact.  If you are shooting for the moon and you are off by only a fraction of a degree, you will miss the target by thousands of […]

Believing in fortune cookies leads to a crummy life.Knowing God’s will for your life isn’t like going to a fortune-teller.  It isn’t a peek into the future to uncover the inevitable events that are going to happen.  God’s will is a relationship–you and God–that guides your behavior and your decisions.
Being in God’s will doesn’t give […]

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.The Christian life is about relationships, not accomplishments.  If you need proof of this fact, just consider that believers are referred to as brothers and sisters in Christ, and that we are called part of God’s family.  Although we enjoy the friendship of others, most of us don’t have […]

People will be more impressed by what you finish than by what you start.How we love to start stuff!  We begin a project with energy as we envision the wonderful result.  We enter into a new relationship with enthusiasm as we anticipate the rewarding experience.  But sometimes the project bogs down or the relationship sours, […]

God always finishes what He starts.Here’s something we can be sure of.  Once God starts a relationship with us, He’s going to finish it.  God paid such a high price by sending His only Son to die for our sins that He’s not about to lose what rightfully belongs to Him.  That’s exactly what happens […]

Live somewhere between complacency and crisis.Let’s think for a moment about complacency.  It has both good and bad connotations.  On the good side, it conveys the sense of being satisfied with what you have.  (And that’s how you should be.)  But complacency also suggests that you are satisfied in staying where you are.  Not where […]

Anxiety is short-lived if we give it to God.What comes to mind when you think of addiction?  Alcohol.  Drugs.  Chocolate.  How about this one:  Anxiety.  Does it surprise you that we would consider anxiety to be an addiction?  Well, it must be.  Why else would people hold on to their worries when they don’t have […]

You might as well face God, because it’s impossible to get away from Him.God is loving, God is forgiving, and God is gracious.  That’s why we can go to Him at any time for anything.  King David wrote:  “For the Lord is good.  His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation” […]

A thick skin and a short memory are the best weapons agains unjust criticism.Few things hurt worse than criticism.  A broken bone is painful, but it happens accidentally, and after a while the injury has healed and is forgotten.  Criticism, however, is always intentionally inflicted.  It is a personal attack.  It often leaves a wound […]