Inspiration and Encouragement

As we grow, we can receive many different views of God from others and through experiences. To some, He is an angry God waiting for us to mess up. For …

Restlessness stirs in our hearts and minds. We may feel as if we’re stumbling in the darkness with poor eyesight. Perhaps we perceive we’re being tossed and turned in the …

On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over …

I can only imagine what went through Mary’s mind during her last few weeks of pregnancy. Was there great anxiety? An overwhelming peace? Uncertainty about how to care for Jesus? …

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High …

“Give thanks to the Lordfor his love endures forever.”2 Chronicles 20:21 Does a heart of thankfulness really change anything? In an environment of negativity where it seems like the entire …

I once heard that when you’re in your twenties you are concerned with what others think about you. When you’re in your forties, you don’t care what others think about …

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.  We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not …

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than …

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”  He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to …

Fear is a funny thing. One can make the case it’s healthy – a warning sign of danger ahead. And then there are other times when fear is debilitating and …

One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out.  As they sailed, he fell asleep. …