“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isa 26:3). Elastic minds move in many directions but, if pinned on the Lord, will find rest in the midst of life’s upsets by making Him our Home Base. […]
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor 3:18). This metamorphosis occurs in the measure that we make Christ our most intimate Friend, our constant Companion, […]
“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also” (Jn 12:26). Following Christ is the only way to real progress in life: so today walk in love, work in faith, and watch in hope. […]
“…the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ” (Php 3:8). When the devil says you’re a loser, agree, but then finish the sentence: it’s by losing that I win Christ! […]
“Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me” (Mt 25:40). Here’s how to make helping the poor and homeless, or prison and hospital ministries, sweet—do it as if you were personally serving Jesus! […]
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 Jn 4:1). Watch out! The spirit world can be a dangerous place, so test the spirits by their loyalty to Christ and the Word. […]
“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance” (Ps 42:5). Do you need a stiff talk with yourself today? Refocus your thoughts on God and His perspective, where our hope links up with […]
“Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death” (Jas 1:15). Sin, like a baby, will be the smallest at the beginning; but from there it will grow into a killer, so nip it in the bud. […]
“You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures” (Jas 4:3). Don’t short-circuit your prayers; God wants you to display His generosity by thinking of ways to share His gifts with others. […]