The Need to Matter

We are significant for who we are, not for what we do.

That is foundational. Our worth is not earned. It is not performance based. It is not tied to titles, roles, or productivity...

Forty-Five Years of Yes

Forty-five years ago today, I said yes to the call of God on my life.

I had no idea where that yes would take us. There was no roadmap. No guarantees. Just a deep conviction ...

He Is Able

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.”
2 Corinthians 9:8

There is one wor...

Quite honestly, most people are quick to “write someone off.” But our God is a God of the second chance. Learn from One who is patient with you, and you’ll learn to be patient with others.

Woodrow Kr...

I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help?

My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.

"Have you borrowed an offense?

Is something going on with someone else that is really none of your business; but you are offended about it.

I Thess 5:11 says to " study to be quite and do your own...

"Someone said that scripture is like a pair of binoculars that help us see the Father and His love. The problem is that religion puts the big end to our eyes so that all we see is how far we are from ...

For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.

Augustine

Gratitude doesn't always change our circumstances, but it will always change the way we perceive our circumstances. "The devil doesn't have to steal anything from you, all he has to do is get you to t...

We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying ‘I wish I had your God.'. Francis Chan

Do I feel loved by God apart from my personal performance?

Trying to earn anyone's love gets old.

"When a person begins to feel loved, their entire world will change. When we feel hurt, we hurt ot...

Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of...