"No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." --Micah 6:8 (NLT) Have you ever been looking for employment, only to feel like you're hitting a brick wall? Well, that's [...]

"Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands." --Deuteronomy 7:9 (NLT) Was there ever a time in your life when things didn't go as expected, and [...]

"All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word." --Isaiah 66:2 (ESV) One night, my wife Stephanie was putting away some dinner leftovers. [...]

"That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. They had rowed three or four miles [...]

“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” --Psalm 46:10 (NLT) I used to like water-skiing when I was a kid, and I still remember the freedom and exhillaration I experienced. While I had never ridden on a jetski before, I [...]

"Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, saying, “No, I am not.” But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I [...]