1 Thessalonians 5:16-1816 Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.Devotional: Paul's instruction to give...  Read More

Philippians 4:11-1311 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of l...  Read More

Luke 17:11-1911 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12 As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, 13 crying out, “J...  Read More

Luke 15:25-3225 “Meanwhile, the older son was in the fields working. When he returned home, he heard music and dancing in the house, 26 and he asked one of the servants what was going on. 27 ‘Your bro...  Read More

Luke 15:11-2411 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. 12 The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father...  Read More

In a world that constantly tells us we need more, that we deserve better, and that waiting is for people who lack ambition, there is a virtue so quietly slipping away from our culture that most of us ...  Read More

1 Samuel 30:6 (KJV)6  And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David enc...  Read More

Proverbs 16:24 (NIV)24  Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.Devotional: How many kind thoughts have you kept to yourself this week? How many times did you notice...  Read More

Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)29  Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.Devotion...  Read More

James 3:3-10 (NLT)3  We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.4  And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the w...  Read More

Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 (NLT)21  The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will...  Read More

How What You Say Can Change EverythingThere is a phrase most of us learned in childhood, one that was probably offered to us with the best of intentions during a moment of pain: "Sticks and stones may...  Read More