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...
God is Good, even when we can’t see it!
You might not have known it, but you were born into a battle. The history of this battle goes all the way back … to the Beginning. In the beginning, when God made the world, everything was good. There was no sadness, no hardship, no pain, no death. Adam and Eve felt...
4 Tips to Maximize Your Bible Reading in 2023
With the start of a new year, many of us have a renewed interest and commitment to reading the Bible. Whether we’re a seasoned Bible reader or we’re just getting started, reading the Scriptures can be overwhelming. While the Bible is a big and complex book, the...
Finding Time to Read the 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...
Read thru the Bible in one year 2023
Read through the Bible in a YearFollow this plan to read the entire Bible in a year
Set Your Heart
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Colossians 3:1IN WORDPerspective is a funny thing. Everyone has one, but few of us are conscious of the...
Stick with the Main Thing
SOLOMON'S HALF HEART (1 Kings 1 to 11)There’s only one thing worse than never starting a project, and that is when we start well and then fade away as time goes on. Solomon was a great starter and a great finisher, at least to begin with. He started and completed two...
SEVEN STEPS TO ESCAPE TEMPTATION
40 Days of PrayerThis prayer resource is one of many powerful tools in 40 Days of Prayer.ENGLISH: Prayer resourcesSEVEN STEPS TO ESCAPE TEMPTATIONThe temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep...
The Daily Bread Principle
The Daily Bread PrincipleBy Chris Tiegreen “Give us each day our daily bread” (Luke 11:3). More than a million people had been led straight into the desert. It was clearly a deliverance, but to what? There was no food. But God had a solution. He always does. Manna, a...
Are You Stuck in Your Bible Reading?
Are You Stuck in Your Bible Reading?Getting stuck is easy. Getting unstuck is often painfully hard. This is true in many areas of our human experience. We can get stuck on our weight loss journey, and it takes difficult and intentional decisions to get back on track...
Advent verses – this month of Christmas!
This Christmas, don't forget the reason why we celebrate. Download our FREE Advent Calendar to supplement your Bible reading throughout the month of December!
The Unexpected Path to Superpower
Handling the Keys of the Kingdom by Chris Tiegreen I can still remember my “season of discovery”—that time after someone becomes a Christian when everything is new, the whole Bible comes alive and waits to be explored, and every truth becomes deeply personal. (Not...
Leaving a Godly Legacy
A good workman knows that it takes time to build a home that will last for decades. He skillfully lays the groundwork and refuses to cut corners as he pieces together a solid frame. In the same way, we need to build a spiritual foundation in the next...
God Himself: Our Source of Hope
Experiencing God in the Midst of Fear by Chip IngramGod Himself: Our Source of Hope(Psalm 46:1-3) God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into...