

Make Way for the Way-Maker
Here’s the good news: by the time the people started yelling, “Someone stole the body,” your victory was won and done, my friend.


What Good is That?
You may be the only face and trace of Jesus that some people will ever see. Many aren’t willing to read the Bible, but they will read you. What story are you reciting in your response to them? Standing in a supermarket line, or in the breakroom at your job, the marks of hurting people present an opportunity to reach out and show God’s love and healing power. When we love by responding to the practical needs of people we encounter, they will come to know God by His provision t


Great Faith
Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. -- Matthew 15:28, NKJV God answers to faith. The Lord gives us faith as a key to access Him. Prayer requires faith. You cannot pray without it because who would you be praying to if you don’t first believe that God exists and He hears and that He is “a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). In the fifteenth c


Equipped to Win
There are forces out there that are constantly working against the believer’s life. We must fight and protect ourselves in a way that fits how we are made in Christ. Perhaps you have a “giant” at home, controlling the atmosphere. Maybe there is someone at your job or school trying to come against you every day. There may be a brother or sister at church who stirs up trouble and causes division. Wherever the opposition, we do not fight back in a way that doesn’t fit our charac


Fulfillment Through Purpose
Somewhere in eternity, before you were born, God designed you for good works. He created the talents and personality that will accompany your life so you can find joy in your purpose. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:8-10 Without Works