Count It All Joy

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2   James...

Commander in Chief of Our Lives

David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. I Samuel 17:45   One of my favorite stories in the Bible is...

Transformation Through Worship

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. Psalm 95:6   The people of Israel turned from their Creator, choosing to worship other gods. Isaiah 44 describes the idols that the people made: They know nothing, they understand nothing;...

Ministers of Reconciliation

All this is from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation....

Consequences and Restoration

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. I Peter 5:10   Sin causes us to suffer. You may be in denial that you are suffering...