God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 1st Peter 1:13 NIV Their boat finally made it to land. They had been at sea for weeks. Their food rations had not been enough to keep them going. But... Continue Reading →
Would we like our children and loved ones to pray? Shall we start by giving them a good example of someone devoted to the Lord?
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. James 4:11 NIV The boys were at it again. They could easily see the flaw in... Continue Reading →
You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. James 4:4 NIV After finishing high school a young man moved to a different city to study. He rented an apartment near his new... Continue Reading →
Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. James 3:1 NIV A young man who had learned to do gymnastics at his high school started teaching it as soon as he had graduated. It wasn´t long before he... Continue Reading →
Forgiveness, as we see it today, does not always go as far as Jesus or our Father in Heaven wants us to forgive. It needs to get down below our pain. It needs to get right into our heart to where it becomes a part of how we love our brother and sister in Christ.... Continue Reading →
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, James 2:12 NIV The older couple lived just across the fields from a Christian boarding school deep in Southern Africa. They were believers themselves, but each in their own way. The husband was German and the wife... Continue Reading →
Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? James 2:5 NIV They did not file into a church that morning but into grandma and grandpa´s living room.... Continue Reading →
The pain and turmoil can make it extremely difficult for us to swallow it all and forgive those who hurt us. If we are set on following Jesus though, shall we try to see past ourselves, and our issues, and focus on the figure of our Savior suffering on the cross to forgive us when... Continue Reading →
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Hebrews 13:16 NIV The first time the other kids met the boy, they had just arrived in a country that was going through a civil war. The boy, whose parents they had come to visit... Continue Reading →
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