So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun. Ecclesiastes 8:15, NIV One of the biggest surprises… Read More »

Jesus in the center. John 19:18 Where was Jesus on the day He died? He was in the center between two thieves. He was in the center of humanity, in the center of history, and especially in the center of the story of redemption. Where is He in your life? Are you Christ-centered? Paul Tripp… Read More »

His heart is established; he will not be afraid. Psalm 112:8 Charlie Brown, the famous character in Charles M. Schultz’s Peanuts comic strip, is quoted as saying, “I think I’m afraid of being happy because whenever I get too happy something bad always happens.” Don’t we all feel that way—at least sometimes? Our happiness is often diminished… Read More »

You cannot serve both God and money. Luke 16:13, NIV John Wesley, the eighteenth-century revival preacher, said in his sermon on the shrewd steward (Luke 16:1-13) that we should use every penny God gives us in a way that will most profit our souls. That doesn’t necessarily mean we put all our money in the… Read More »

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:38, NIV Glenn Morison, a Canadian Christian, wrote in his church-related paper, “I’ve never met a person who… Read More »

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Our journey through life is like children who anticipate Christmas morning. They know something exciting awaits them, but they don’t know… Read More »

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15 Most parents of teenagers have heard the following in a moment of tension: “Mom/Dad, you just don’t understand!” It’s not just adolescent hormones or immaturity that produces… Read More »

Let heaven fill your thoughts; don’t spend your time worrying about things down here. Colossians 3:2, TLB There is so much to worry about on this earth! Perhaps your burdens are pressing down on you like an anvil. We have to look up to heaven and remind ourselves that Jesus is on the throne. We… Read More »

So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Exodus 33:11 Abraham is the only person in the Old Testament who was called the friend of God (Isaiah 41:8). Some have suggested that “friend” is a covenant term since it was Abraham with whom God established an unconditional… Read More »

And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, “In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.” Genesis 22:14 In the biblical world it was common for personal names to reflect the character or attributes of the person. The same was true of God’s name Jehovah… Read More »