It’s good to declare your independence, but it’s even better to declare your dependence on God.
The Declaration of Independence happened long before 1776. In fact, humankind declared its independence from God in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve believed the lie that they could live independent of God. Since then, we […]

The best way to minimize a crisis is to compare it to your blessings.
You want a tranquil life, but you don’t always get what you want. At some unexpected time, you’ll be hit by a crisis. It might be severe financial reverses or sickness. It may be rebellious children or a fractured […]

People of integrity make an easy target for critics because they stand upright.

Telling the truth has become a lost art. It’s not that we’re out there telling lies (although there is plenty of that going on). We’re just not telling “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” We sort […]

It’s hard to learn from a mistake that you don’t acknowledge making.

What are the three hardest words to say? The correct answer is, “I was wrong.” (We’ll give you partial credit if you are a guy and answered, “I am lost”). Admitting a mistake is difficult for anyone, but there are some […]

Like all moral values, respect is caught more than it is taught.

Respect for authority has deteriorated in our society. Some of the erosion is due to the blatant failing of our leaders. (Their despicable conduct makes it impossible to respect them.) But much of the disrespect for authority comes from a selfish nature […]

When you ask God to change you, He will make you more like Him.

Every person is born with God’s imprint (Gen. 1:27), but every person is also born with sin’s imprint (Romans 3:23). Those two imprints aren’t equal, but sin obstructs our view of God and our longing for Him (think of a dark […]

Death is not the end of your life’s story; it is just the end of a chapter.
You can tell that our society is uncomfortable with the concept of death. No one wants to us that word, so we have developed lots of euphemisms for death and dying. We say that someone expired; or […]

If you want to know yourself better, get to know your Creator better.
It seems like everybody is trying to get to know themselves better, and there are plenty of people ready to tell you how to “tap the power within” or get acquainted with “your inner child.”
While there is value to knowing what you can […]

Learn to thrive on challenge and change.

Don’t think that your life will be totally serene and tranquil if you let God lead you. Yes, He is a God of comfort, but He never promised that He would remove all of the problems and troubles from your life. In fact, He promised just the […]

The next time you feel weak in the knees, try using them to pray.
Prayer is a powerful tool because it activates the power of God in your life. God is always with you through the presence of the Holy Spirit, but He won’t unleash His power unless you ask Him to, and the way […]