Aiming Our Hearts Toward God
When we run away from idolatry and toward God, our hearts are aimed toward his. When our hearts are aimed…
Category: Bible
Learning to Share the Gospel like Paul
With the help of Betty Crocker and her fudge brownie mix, I am told I make the world’s best brownies.…
Who is God’s favorite? What the Bible says about favoritism.
We all have a tendency to show favoritism, don’t we? We have a tendency to treat some people better than…
The Generosity of Nehemiah
The World is Hurting I believe the world is hurting. One way that I think we can show our hurting…
Where Sin is Born
Do you ever feel like someone else is making you behave badly? I do, I think we all do. In…
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…
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…