Uplifting!
If the story weren’t so ridiculous, I don’t think I would have believed it. I have been the skeptic, and maybe too often, the cynic. I see the holes. But this story? The one about a King born in a manure-caked stable? It was the absurdity of the story that I found most convincing. I’ve been a news journalist since…
Many of us can think of a divorce, either ours or our parents; abuse as a child; a car crash caused by a careless driver… Pain reaches out to touch us in so many ways. If you’ve ever found it hard to forgive someone, that’s normal. The power to forgive can’t come from inside us on our own. Here’s…
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Knowing that there are many needs in our world, and that Christ-followers like you become stagnant and self-centered if you don’t help others, God has given you many ways to serve others! In many groups of Christ-followers (churches), a relatively small number of people carry the lion’s share of the load of serving others.…
God has a lot to say to you – more than you’ll be able to take in during your life-time. BUT he wants to hear from you too! In the simplest of terms, prayer is talking to God. There are a lot of reasons to talk to God, but you need to know God likes to hear you talk—often! Why should I pray? Many people only pray in times of emergency. Or,…
God is not a far off mysterious person – he wants you to know about him! When you became a Jesus-follower, you will enjoy learning more about him. You can learn about Jesus from personal experience and from others who are his followers. But one of the best ways is to read the Bible. What is the Bible? God directed human authors what to…
God didn’t design you to live alone. He has a place where you can tell him how much you love him, learn more about him and meet with others like you! Jesus not only lived, died and rose again, he also returned home to heaven. But before he left he gathered his followers together in communities we call churches. One of the Bible authors…
God made you to walk in step with Him. But there’s some bad news. We have all decided to strike out on our own. We are far away from God. Our sin has separated us from God. Our separation from God is one that we can’t repair on our own. But, God loves you so much, He couldn’t abandon you. He knew you couldn’t come back on your own, so…
As we take another person under our wing and mentor them along their journey, they will learn how to live an honorable life that is pleasing to Christ.
Josh Lauritch had it all - or so he thought. When his pride got the best of him, God got ahold of him and Josh learned his true identity in Jesus.
By stepping out in faith and taking the next right step, we can go places with God than we could ever ask or imagine.
