Inspiration and Encouragement

 Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters.  Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude.   Don’t repay evil for evil. …

“But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him.” 2 Samuel 14:4b   This statement was voiced …

I will not cause pain without allowing something new to be born, says the Lord. Isaiah 66:9 NCV   Pain…I do not like it…I shy away from it…and pretty much …

You know I always thought that forgiving others was for yourself.  People would say, “How can I forgive them for what they did for me?”  And the standard answer would …

I remember as a kid reading the story of Aaron and the golden calf.  I read amazed at the foolishness of the Israelites.  They had witnessed so many incredible miracles …

Wow…I read the most convicting and powerful book this morning.  It’s one of those times where you have read it before but today it just seemed like the Holy Spirit …

When I was fresh out of college, I took a job as a full-time youth pastor at a Chinese church in San Francisco. Talk about a culture shock for me. …

My oldest child starts high school tomorrow.  We have done a mix in our schooling journey which has included about everything you can imagine: homeschooling, Christian school and public school. …

What if you decide today, “I want to know how kids turn out when they have lived every single day in the same house with a mom who is a …

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God at all.  In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.  Psalm …

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.  He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” …

“You will keep in PERFECT peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.  Trust in the Lord FOREVER, for the Lord, the Lord, is the ROCK ETERNAL.” …