How to ACTUALLY Stick with your Bible Reading Resolution
– Establishing new habits is difficult.
O Holy Night
The Messiah had been prophesied for centuries. But on the surface, the prophecies were patchwork, a confusing array of diverse predictions. Prophetic “calculators” —the Scripture experts— couldn’t quite add them up. The best they could do was watch and wait. But at...
More Than a Book!
Join us for More Than a Book! Our new, FREE series More Than a Book: 5 Big Bible Questions from Michael Gunnin is a 5-session video series that answers these questions about the Bible: Session 1: What is the Bible? Session 2: Where did we get the Bible from? Session...
In a Scary World, God Is Enough
“Here is the world. Terrible and beautiful things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” -Frederick Buechner We live in a beautiful, scary world. Redemption and tragedy exist in the same breath. How easily we can begin to feel overwhelmed and shaken by the struggles life...
Join us for our Proverbs Challenge!
This coming month, take on the Proverbs Challenge and read thru the entire book of Proverbs in 31 days! With only 1 chapter a day, you’re sure to feel God speaking His wisdom to you in every aspect of your life. Open your hearts and Bibles to hear God speak wisdom to...
Praying expectantly – even when we don’t receive the things promised
Maybe you’ve been praying for a long time and still aren’t seeing the results you’re hoping for. You want to believe that God is in control of this situation, but His healing, deliverance, or redemption seems like it might be coming too late.
The Word of Life
“I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.” (Psalm 119:15-16)Is the Bible an obligation, something that we know we should read whether we have enthusiasm for it or not—like finishing our vegetables...
Pure Hope
“Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.” Psalm 34:5
7 Signs of a Grateful Heart
It’s something the Bible instructs us on: ‘to give thanks in all things’. There are many benefits of a thankful heart, but how do you know if you really have one? I came up with seven signs I’ve seen in the lives of those who are truly thankful… If you live with...
Distractions & Moments of Peace
Distractions!“I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best,with as few distractions as possible.” 1 Corinthians 7:35MANY YEARS AGO, Leadership Journal ran a cartoon of Martin Luther...
“You are the light of the world.”
Matthew 5:14The apostle John tells us that Jesus was the true light coming into the world (John 1:9). He shone into our darkness, but the darkness did not understand Him. Jesus takes His identity a step further. He tells His disciples—He tells us—that we are also...
“I don’t have time to read my Bible…”
Turning the calendar into a new year often sparks a desire to step into new adventures, start healthy habits like exercising and eating well, read more books, get our finances in order, and more, with a renewed resolve for improving our lives.Yet, it’s no secret that...
The Prophetic Enigma:
THE FULFILLMENT OF THE AGESThe Messiah had been prophesied for centuries. But on the surface, the prophecies were patchwork, a confusing array of diverse predictions. Prophetic “calculators”—the Scripture experts— couldn’t quite add them up. The best they could do was...
A Discipline of Thanks
Enter his gates with thanksgiving. (Psalm 100:4)The distance of God is an all-too-common malady among believers. It isn’t that God is really distant, but we go through waves of feeling that He is. Sometimes the waves are prolonged—circumstances batter us,...
5 Tips for Reading the Psalms
“The Psalms are inexhaustible, and deserve to be read, said, sung, chanted, whispered, learned by heart, and even shouted from the rooftops. They express all the emotions we are ever likely to feel (including some we hope we may not), and they lay them raw and open,...
Lavish Love
God loves us. We know that, don’t we? We sing about it, tell each other about it, and even quote well-known verses about how He is love and how He so loved the world that He gave His only Son. The love of God is foundational to our faith because it explains why Jesus...
Provider
We worry about our lives. But God promises that if we trust in Him, He will take care of us. God is Jehovah Jireh—The God who provides.READ God had given Abraham an odd request—to sacrifice the promised son he had waited years to have. Abraham obeyed and prepared an...
Come Back
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” Matthew 3:2“Come back! Come inside! Enjoy the wonders of My realm.”“Repent” has been thrown around a lot, and usually in a way that feels more condemning than hopeful. If, upon hearing the call to repent, we were to...
Names of God
Names of God - a Devotional StudyWhat if Jesus had never told us anything about Himself?We’d be left to guess who He is and what He is like. The possibilities would be endless. And no matter what theories we came up with about Him, we’d have no guarantee that we were...
God of the Angel Armies
Our God is not only a warrior, but he commands an army—of angels. He is the God of the Angel Armies.READ God is Jehovah Sabaoth—the Lord of Hosts or the God of the Angel Armies. In the Bible, God’s title as commander of the armies of angels appears as Lord Almighty or...
30 Days Walking with Jesus Reading Plan
30 Days Walking with Jesus Reading PlanThis Scripture reading plan is a 30-day walk with Jesus, His life, His miracles, and more.
God Unveiled
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD IS LIKE, LOOK AT JESUS.It had been a long, long time to be misunderstood. God yearned for His people to know Him, but early on they had chosen to walk away. They broke their connection with Him which left them fatally sick and spiritually...
Where is your heart?
GOD WANTS A LOVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.Here is one of the most mind-boggling truths of the universe: God—the God of everything—wants a relationship with you. That’s an amazing truth—and a hard one to wrap our minds around. We know what relationships are like. A...
Irreplaceable You: Designed with a Purpose
Irreplaceable You GOD HAS DESIGNED YOU WITH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. When God designed irreplaceable you, He picked everything about you. Every single thing. God actually knit you together. (See Psalm 139:13). Knit as in hand-on-hand, stitch-by-stitch, every piece...