We need to realize that sin and bad habits are the leash holding us back from being all God wants us to be.
01/21/2004 by Russ Lawson
God never promised to protect us from every bad thing; he only promised to save us and turn every bad thing into a good one.
01/20/2004 by Rubel Shelly
God wants us to get out of our ruts and find the new things and new people he has set in our paths.
01/19/2004 by Phil Ware
Sometimes things have to be destroyed, pealed away, torn apart, and ripped out before they can be rebuilt by God.
01/18/2004 by Patrick D. Odum
The truth is often not found in the fancy words we use about ourselves; what matters is the heart.
01/17/2004 by Alan Smith
Jesus words make us clean, squeaky clean just like our hair is when it is clean.
01/16/2004 by Elizabeth Price
Christians should be recognizable because their behavior and conduct match that of Jesus.
01/15/2004 by Larry Zinck
We show our fellowship and friendship through those for whom we extend table fellowship and meals.
01/14/2004 by Randy Becton
We can't change our ethics and our behavior simply based upon those with whom we find ourselves and the situation in which we find ourselves.
01/13/2004 by Russ Lawson
All of life is our worship, our love for God expressed heart, soul, mind, and strength.
01/12/2004 by Phil Ware
A horrible storm in the United States Pacific Northwest helps slow things down enough for folks to remember some key truths from God.
01/11/2004 by Dr. Karen Buchanan
Even a secular study of the benefits of going to church are pretty significant, but if that won't get us into the church building, six men carrying our coffin will.
01/10/2004 by Larry Davies
In Hollywood, we can find people who are rich and people who are poor, but what they have in common is that they all need the compassion of Jesus demonstrated to them.
01/09/2004 by Randy Becton
Jesus is much more than his DNA: even this hoax can't begin to explain Jesus as God's Son.
01/08/2004 by Alan Smith
We are given remarkable freedom in Jesus; we can become like him.
01/07/2004 by Mike Barres
The greatest tone setter for ethics in the market place is the boss!
01/06/2004 by Rubel Shelly
Real change, true transformation, will not occur in our lives until we relinquish control completely to the Lord and the power of his Spirit.
01/05/2004 by Phil Ware
If you don't take the time to dream it, it probably won't happen.
01/04/2004 by Rubel Shelly
Loving like Jesus means that we love the forgotten, the unlovely, the left out, the marginalized.
01/03/2004 by Alan Smith
I'm convinced that God must know how to smile -- maybe even laugh right out loud. I think that's one of the reasons he gave us puppies.
01/02/2004 by Russ Lawson
God is always there to see us through.
01/01/2004 by Melva Cooper
While we don't know where the New Year will take us, God will be leading the way and will equip us to face all that we will face both good and bad.
12/31/2003 by Johnnie Ann Burgess Gaskill
The start of the New Year offers us a new start to do it better.
12/30/2003 by Tom Norvell
With the dying embers of a fire, we are reminded of two life choices: letting our passions, hopes, and dreams slip away or having them burst into flame and reigniting us for the New Year.
12/29/2003 by Phil Ware
No matter how much we love our family, we can't protect them all the time or fix their every problem; we have to trust God to work in their lives what is best for them and to take care of them.
12/28/2003 by Janice Price