Don’t just make resolutions…live for today
“This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it”–Psalm 118:24 (NLT). Did you know that 97 percent of New Year’s resolutions are never fulfilled? Oscar Wilde wrote, “A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” Although 45 percent of us make New Year’s resolutions, many eventually ditch them, with 75 percent making it past the first week and 46 percent making it past the six-month mark. According to research, most fail at following through because of unrealistic expectations, like “I’m going to lose 30 pounds by February …
Even Laboratory Rats Have Hope
The Bible is a book of hope, full of God’s promises to His people. I like this acronym for HOPE: Holding On, Praying Earnestly.
How do you tell someone the Good News?
“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?”—Mark 8:36(NIV). Have you ever had some exciting news to share with others? Maybe the news was so terrific you thought you would burst before you could tell someone. While grocery shopping recently, I bumped into a neighbor. We were discussing mundane things like the weather and our flowerbeds when I heard someone shout, “Carol, I’ve got some great news.” My friend and I turned around to greet another neighbor. Pushing the grocery cart as fast as she could, my excited neighbor said, “My photo was …
Are you praying bold prayers?
To know my prayers will be the legacy I leave my loved ones means I will keep planting those seeds until the day He calls me home.
Live for Jesus, that’s what matters most
As mothers and grandmothers, it’s imperative that we pray for our children and grandchildren and instill in them the importance of a relationship with Jesus.
Hope is what we need in a fallen world
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”
Dear God, I prayed for a puppy
Clergyman and author, E.M. Bounds wrote, “I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God.
Your Love Letter to God
In an age of cell phones, text messaging and e-mails, the longtime practice of writing letters to family and friends is becoming a thing of the past.
Let God clean your heart
If anger, criticism, bitterness and hatred spew out of our mouths, what does that say about our heart condition?