Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place,...

Then Moses said, “Please, let me see your glory.” (Exodus 33:18, CSB). Recently, there was a total solar eclipse. This doesn’t happen...

But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship–the gods your ancestors worshiped...

The Gospel of John (any version). My favorite part of going to the beach is getting up early, and walking along the beach as the sun...

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the...

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NLT.) The end of the year always brings...

Meet my friend, Lauren Powell. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Lauren for 20 years. Our friendship has ebbed and flowed, but since...

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind .’ This is the first and greatest commandment.’...

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every...

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you (John 15:12, NIV). One evening back around Christmas I was showering before I...

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians...

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God (Romans 8:14, NIV). I met a friend for coffee one morning, and we...

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops...

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew...

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer (Romans 12:12, NIV). The desire to be a wife and a mother has been on my...

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26, NIV). I love the way...

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the...

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along...

Because He bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! (Psalm 116:2, NLT). Plans changed. Instead of being on my way to...

He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands...