Today’s Truth
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye! How can you say to your brother, ‘let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3, 4 NIV). Read more…
Words: An Incredible Gift
Today’s Truth
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21 NIV).
Friend To Friend
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). When God created the world, stocked the seas with marine life and the skies with winged creatures – Read more…
Bracing Up Toppled Friends
Today’s Truth
“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted” (Galatians 6:1 TNIV).
Friend To Friend
It was just a bit of burlap peaking out from underneath the soil, but to our Golden Retriever, Read more…
Keep Going! Don’t Give Up!
Today’s Truth
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
Friend To Friend
My son was fast, and he ran with a fast crowd. Read more…
Mixed Messages
Today’s Truth “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters [and girlfriends] this should not be” (James 3:9 TNIV and girlfriends added).
Friend To Friend Catherine and I set out for a lazy summer stroll through the neighborhood just before the fireflies emerged to celebrate the setting of the sun. Read more…
Come Often, Drink Deeply
Today’s Truth
“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink” (John 7:38 NIV).
Friend to Friend We all come into the world thirsty. From the time my son made his first cry in the delivery room, he began rooting around for something to drink. God planned it that way. Our bodies are 50 to 60 percent water and must be replenished continuously. Read more…
One Last Name
Today’s Truth
“Now that we know what we have – Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God – let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all – all but the sin. So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Read more…
The Hidden Key
Today’s Truth
“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”– Read more…
Jesus’ Celestial Day Timer
Today’s Truth
“Now he [Jesus] had to go through Samaria” (John 4:4 NIV).
A Closer Look
I have to tell you, the story of Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman at the well is one of the most exciting passages in the Bible for me. It is filled with hope for all women who feel abused, Read more…
The Hidden Treasure
The Hidden Treasure
Today’s Truth
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28 NIV).
Friend to Friend
Romans 8:28 is a verse in the Bible that has been loved and despised by many who struggle with difficult situations or mourn the loss of a broken dream. Read more…
