Where Sin is Born
Do you ever feel like someone else is making you behave badly? I do, I think we all do. In…
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Speak Life! (A Study of James 3)
Words have tremendous power to hurt and to help. They can discourage, they can cause anger, they can cause separation,…
Earthly Wisdom vs. Heavenly Wisdom
When I moved to California from Puerto Rico, I was 16 years old, and I came with a vocabulary of…
Pray and Keep Praying
I have been thinking about prayer, and how and when we pray. Please read this passage from James 5, in…
God Uses Ordinary People (Nehemiah’s Story)
In the book of Nehemiah, in the Old Testament, the Israelites were taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon. He…
We Have More Than Enough Hope
Do you need hope? I know that I have lived through seasons when I’ve felt desperate for hope, and maybe…
My Mom, the Peacemaker
Our greatest example of a peacemaker is Jesus. Isaiah 53:5 says, “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was…
What the Bible Says About Peace
The world is desperate for peace. Peace is something we’ve been seeking forever, really, and we have tried all kinds…
What Does the Cross Mean for You?
I want to bring your attention to just a few verses about the cross today. Something to get you thinking,…
I Urge You to Transform, not Conform (Romans 12)
As free and grateful people, we can say, “God, thank you for all you’ve given me. Now I offer myself…
Remember Christmas When God Seems Silent
This is just a sampling of the many people in the Bible who have these seasons in their lives when…
Words Matter to God
God is speaking words to us, words that matter. All throughout the Bible, the words of God matter. I’ve been…