"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" --2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) If we're honest, all of us have wanted to change something about the way in which we appear to others. There are all kinds of products on the [...]
"Although he was crucified in weakness, he now lives by the power of God. We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal with you we will be alive with him and will have God's power." --2 Corinthians 13:4 (NLT) Stephanie and I went to McDonald's for dinner last Saturday. While that [...]
"Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again-rejoice!" --Philippians 4:4 (NLT) "As the newly-appointed mayor of our town, I would like to welcome you to the official ground-breaking ceremony of Rejoicing Falls. "In order to address the facts that are most important to you, I will field questions as we go [...]
Hi folks! Our latest devotion is taking a while to write and perfect, so we're reposting an entry which came out a few years ago. Enjoy! "In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God's promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and [...]
"He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth--the LORD God Almighty is his name." --Amos 4:13 (NIV) One day, I heard a famous Bible teacher mention a man who was offering a supposed miracle [...]
"No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead." --Philippians 3:13 (NLT) “Many of life’s failures are from people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” --Thomas Edison If you [...]