Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Spiritual maturity: some people have it; others don’t. Sadly, some don’t even know what it is. Spiritual maturity means to be “grown up” in Christ, to have developed a faith deep and sufficient enough to trust Him in all circumstances of life....

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Sometimes being a Christian can be very difficult. We don’t have much to go on, do we? You can’t turn on the television and watch a “live and in person” pep talk from Jesus. You can’t go to rally, hear Him preach and get His autograph. We...

Monday, July 8, 2019

Listening is the easy part. You attend worship. The sermon is inspiring, filled with examples of the actions of others, heroes of the faith, who heard God’s word and responded. “Wow,” you think, “Those people did some remarkable things!”...

Sunday, July 7, 2019

It’s easy to be hard-hearted, easy to develop a grudge, to write off that guy who has let you down time and again. It’s easy to turn your back and walk away, justifying yourself by saying, “I did everything I could.” The easy thing is to simply...

Saturday, July 6, 2019

Prayer is the lifeline by which we communicate with God, but so many times our focus is a little fuzzy. There’s nothing wrong with praying about that new car you’re thinking of buying, nothing wrong with asking God to intervene in that awkward situation...

Friday, July 5, 2019

One of the great things about summer is the opportunity to laze around. Sometimes that’s in the middle of the swimming pool or the lake, when you plunk yourself on a rubber raft and just drift. At other times lazing around means sitting on the deck, under an...