Either God made you or he didn’t.

The human body is the most complex organism in the universe. It would take a computer the size of the Empire State Building to duplicate the potential processing power of your brain (notice we said “potential”). The way your bones and muscles, your heart and blood vessels, […]

Faith is the antidote for fear.
Fear is an emotion everyone experiences. People fear tangible things like being hurt, robbed, or cheated. They also fear intangible things like rejection, failure, and giving speeches. Even though fear can sometimes be useful, it can easily become your greatest enemy and hold your life in an […]

Don’t leave the sermon at church.
Have you every wondered why preachers preach sermons? Are they trying to impress their parishioners, or do they have more noble purposes in mind? Perhaps good sermons delivered eloquently help preachers feel good about all those years they spent in seminary.
We believe the vast majority of preachers prepare […]

You can’t honestly say that you love God unless you know Him and know yourself.
Do you love God? Are you personally involved with Him, or are you just relying on family or social traditions? Is your whole being involved or are you closing off part of your life from Him?
Do you love God? […]

If your prayers don’t mean anything to you, they mean even less to God.
A lot of people pray, but few people pray effectively. When you negotiate with God as if you’re making some kind of deal (”God, if You do this, then I will do such and such”), you’re not praying effectively. If […]

If someone can’t mind their own business, it may be due to a small mind and not business of their own.
Gossip and laziness are closely related. Lazy people love to talk about others and stick their noses into other people’s business. And if you run across someone who talks a lot about others […]

If you aren’t hearing the voice of God, your life may be too noisy.

People often wonder if God ever speaks in a voice we can hear. Absolutely. There are times when God speaks through other people in order to tell us something. And sometimes God will speak directly to us. So how […]

God loved you long before you loved Him.
Hollywood movie producers know that the romantic notion of “love at first sight” makes for a good love story. In real life, however, it’s nothing more than “attraction at first sight.” Real love requires knowing–not just seeing–a person.
God didn’t love you at first sight, because he […]

Don’t let your differences separate you from others.

Drive around any town and you’ll see lots of different churches: Baptist churches, Presbyterian churches, Methodist churches, Independent Bible churches, Catholic churches, Pentecostal churches, Orthodox churches, and Lutheran churches It can all be rather confusing.
It’s fine that we have different churches with different names and different […]

Joy gives you wings in difficult circumstances; the problems don’t go away, but you can rise above them.

Think about being in the presence of the most caring, compassionate and loving person that you know. Now, multiply that feeling a hundred times, and you may get a sense of what it was like for the […]