April 4, 2021
The one who had died was dead no longer. It was true. Jesus had risen from the dead. He was standing right here in front of them. And what was their response? When they realized Jesus was alive, they rejoiced, just as Jesus said they would.
January 12, 2021
Never forget, you already know the God of peace who has given you the peace of Christ. So let us refuse to let the chaos and confusion of our day steal your peace. But let the God of peace reign in our hearts and make us peacemakers like Him. For our world needs God’s peace, but it also needs peacemakers, who know the Prince of Peace.
March 18, 2020
Our God provides protection for our hearts and minds in the midst of the turmoil around us. He waits to give us His peace, and He gives it in abundance when we come to Him in prayer. So then, prayer is not always about getting what you want, it’s about God giving you what you need. Prayer is not always about getting out of the difficulties surrounding you, but is about bringing God into your difficulties – it’s about God giving you His peace.
October 9, 2019
Spiritual adultery is a poison in the church. Putting your interests ahead of God’s and treating God like a vending machine is the same as being God’s enemy. Imagine, if that’s how your child treated you: If your son or daughter only came to you for what they could get from you? How would that make you feel? How does it make you feel when someone befriends you so they can get something from you? It’s manipulating, insulting, it’s demeaning, and ungodly.
April 10, 2018
When you believe that God’s grace can cover any sin, then you can be truly free. For there is no sin you have committed that is more powerful than God’s grace. Here’s the reality: If there is no sin a person commits before salvation too great for Jesus’ death to cover, then there is no sin you commit after salvation that is too great for God to cover. And Jesus made this possible. Jesus made you right with God and keeps you right with God by grace – so you can find grace whenever you need it!
January 31, 2017
That’s the good news of God’s mercy. Out of the abundance of God’s blessing comes the gift of God’s mercy to us in Jesus. He delivers us from the consequences of our sin. He takes away our guilt and shame. He makes us righteous and gives us a new life. That’s the gospel.
June 18, 2016
Abram gave all credit for His victory to God, signified by his giving a tithe of the spoils to Melchizedek. He didn’t take anything for himself. He never said, “What’s in it for me?” No, he would rather take nothing so as to protect God’s good name.
April 14, 2016
This is why everything changes when you meet the risen Jesus. Because when you meet Him and believe in Him, He changes you forever. He breathes His new life into you. He gives you His Spirit, the Holy Spirit. His Holy Spirit comes to indwell in you, to guide you, help you, and empower you to live as His sent one. And this changes everything. For when the Spirit of Christ lives in you, He will help you begin to live like Jesus.
September 22, 2015
Jesus is our peace. There is now nothing separating us from God. He removed every barrier. He took away our sin and shame. Jesus brought us home.