“For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me…

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,…

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 The Genesis revelation—that the creation of this world was not a random accident but was initiated by the eternal God—reveals an origin of value, purpose, hope, and endless possibilities. God made us in His image and He has…

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. Galatians 6:9 I’m dedicating the month of January to prayer and fasting as we seek God about the next steps for the church and our personal lives. God has…

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16 God loves you! When you know you’re loved, you are free to spend life loving and valuing others. If you catch yourself being…

On that day, when evening came, He [Jesus] said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and…

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God. 1 John 3:1a You’ll become frustrated trying to walk in love if you don’t understand that we love because God first loved us. We can only truly walk in love as it…

For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.” Romans 4:3 I met a modern day prospector on the beaches of California. He had a metal detector and a fanny pack full of his precious-metal findings. Fascinated, I asked him, “What did…

“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31 Because of…

Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Romans 5:5 God’s love does not originate from our niceness—it’s been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit! Our first increase of love…