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  • God Loves You, Even Before Creation

    “This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins”— 1 John 4:9-10 (NIV). In a […]

  • Yes, All Kinds of Prayer is Acceptable to God

    There is an opportunity to develop or strengthen a spiritual discipline that becomes a part of your life. One such practice is prayer, so it would be helpful to explore what Scripture reveals about this sacred exercise that promotes spiritual growth. In his epistles, Paul puts tremendous value on prayer. He must have thought it […]

  • On the Ground: Persecution as a Christian Woman in Pakistan

    International Christian Concern (ICC) interviewed one of their staff members based in Pakistan to get her personal experience dealing with the dynamics of her faith and gender in the fundamentalist Islamic country. This is our conversation: People in the west often have a view that Pakistan and other Islamic countries create suffocating cultures for women, […]

  • Never forget, you are God’s masterpiece

    “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago”— Ephesians 2:10 (NLT). Until a neighbor posted the following on social media, I’d planned to toss the small wood scraps from a project still under construction in my backyard: […]

  • The real reason for your race: 3 truths about your calling

    Warning: running references here. This weekend is the London marathon (and no I am not running it, which will shock precisely no one). This story about marathon runner Matthew Rees made headlines as he stopped running his race, just short of the finish line to help a fellow runner who was near collapsing – he […]

  • You Can Fear Not, For God is With You

    “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me”—Psalm 23:4 (NKJV). As my dog and I huddled underneath a makeshift tornado shelter in my bedroom, I was listening for weather updates on my cell […]

  • Life before communists took over: a Christian woman remembers

    Rhee Soon-ja has vivid memories of her father reading the Bible to her and her six siblings when they were children in northern Korea. She remembers that the verses were printed vertically, rather than horizontally. And although now 82 years old, she can still picture the phrase “Christ Is Lord of This House” hanging from […]

  • Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant

    “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”—Matthew 25:23 (NIV). It wasn’t like any funeral service I’d ever attended. Instead, it was a celebration of a friend’s life—a life well-lived. I […]

  • The lessons learned 25 years after my Dad died

    25 years ago today, my Dad died. It was sudden. It was tragic and it would set my family on a journey that I could never imagine. The older I get, the less I want to share about him. Every memory, every conversation is so precious to me. But, I feel the best way to […]

  • What Happens When God’s Promise Changes Things?

    God always fulfills His promises. Are you ready for change? Joseph had an amazing promise from God.  He would be elevated above his brothers, and they would revere him!  But it took years of waiting and preparing before that promise was fulfilled.  And when it did, the real work began! We see the same thing when […]