1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 7:21, 24-27 Many people profess to be in Christ, but to truly follow Him means to do the will of the Father in ...

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Matthew 15:29-37 One of the biggest temptations that Christians can succumb to is the temptation to draw a circle around themselves, cocoon themselves, and ...

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Luke 10:21-24 If there was any group of people in Jesus’ day who should have recognized Him as Israel’s Messiah and believed in His ...

1st Week of Advent Scripture Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5 In the above verses of Scripture, Isaiah speaks of a time when men shall turn their swords into plowshares and their spears ...

1st Sunday of Advent Scripture Reading: Mark 13:33-37 In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus warns us to remain watchful and alert so that when He returns, we will be ready for ...

By faith, we know that God is always with us. Christ Himself promised to be with us always, even to the end of the age. But there are times when ...

A woman once visited a weaver’s school, where the students were making beautiful patterns. She asked, “When you make a mistake, must you cut it out and start from the ...

God speaks to us in many different ways. In Scripture we see that at times, He has spoken to men through dreams and visions, circumstances, and other people. He appeared ...

Do you know where you want to be and what you want to accomplish, yet don’t have a clue how to get there? Write it all down if only for ...

Is there an area (or areas) in your life in which you are making progress? It doesn’t matter if it’s in taking place in leaps and bounds or little by ...

There’s an old saying that goes something like this: I might not be where I need to be but thank God Almighty, I’m sure not where I used to be! ...

What is your favorite day of the week? Write down everything that you love about this particular day. What do you usually do on this day that makes is so ...

Do you sometimes feel tremendous pressure to “keep up with the Joneses” in certain areas of your life? If so, what are those areas? Write down in your journal exactly ...

Most people believe that courage is the absence of fear. This, however, is simply not true. True courage is doing something in spite of the fear. Are there things that ...

Do you worry too much about what other people think of you? If so, how might this tendency be causing stress in your life – stress which God never intended ...

Has something within you been destroyed – something that God never wanted you to lose? What is it? What led to its demise? How did you get to this place ...

Do you have a tendency to talk yourself out of everything? One minute, inspiration hits, and you have an enthusiastic desire to do such and such. But as soon as ...

Sometimes God allows us to go through seeming seasons of loss in order to move us into greater gains. He removes us from situations that we love, i.e., places, people, ...

Do you struggle with guilt? Feeling guilty has its proper place, as it is used by the Spirit of God to lead us to confession and repentance. But once Christ ...

We’re all familiar with that now-famous prayer which begins with the words, “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change…” What is it in your life ...