“Happiness” and “joy” are often used interchangeably, but they’re not the same.  Happiness is an emotion and tied to our circumstances.  Joy, on the other hand is a gift from God – a fruit of the Spir...  Read More

Have you ever met someone who was thankful and yet not joyful?  Thanksgiving and joy simply go together. A person who is thankful produces a harvest of joy.  All throughout scripture we see the import...  Read More

In the book of Esther, we read an incredible story of how prayer and fasting bring justice and protection to thousands of people whose lives were at risk of death. The mighty king of Persia made a pro...  Read More

In Exodus 33, the people of Israel were camped out in the desert.  They were waiting for God to lead them into the promised land with much of their expectation directed towards Moses.  It says that ea...  Read More

The Israelites had been held in captivity by the Babylonians for over seventy years, exiled from their homes and the land God had given them. After decades of displacement and servitude to foreign kin...  Read More

When we click “buy” on our Amazon app, we expect our purchase to arrive in 2 days.  We want things fast, and we want it to be convenient.  If we’re not careful, we can take these same expectations int...  Read More

You get a call about the accident and you rush down to the hospital.  As you enter the waiting room you see the worry and fear on the faces of family and friends.  You would do anything to comfort and...  Read More

Our world has been corrupted by sin.  One of the ways we experience this brokenness is with our physical body.  The older we get the more we feel our bodies breaking down.  Eventually our bodies will ...  Read More

Someone who has been empowered is someone who has been given authority.  A judge can issue a sentence, a police officer can make an arrest, a teacher can give a grade.  When we put our faith in Jesus,...  Read More

We use the word “love” all the time!  We love people, we love the mountains, we love sleeping in, we love a good dinner.  But when we say the word “love” do we really understand what it means?  In 1 J...  Read More

Life can be so hard!  Have you ever felt that you just couldn’t handle one more difficult thing? Have you wondered how you will get through the next days and months?God knows the struggles of his peop...  Read More

Jesus teaches us that we need to ask God to forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.  The forgiveness that we receive from God is connected to the forgiveness we extend to others.  For...  Read More