We are given remarkable freedom in Jesus; we can become like him.
01/07/2004 by Mike Barres
The greatest tone setter for ethics in the market place is the boss!
01/06/2004 by Rubel Shelly
If you don't take the time to dream it, it probably won't happen.
01/04/2004 by Rubel Shelly
I'm convinced that God must know how to smile -- maybe even laugh right out loud. I think that's one of the reasons he gave us puppies.
01/02/2004 by Russ Lawson
While we don't know where the New Year will take us, God will be leading the way and will equip us to face all that we will face both good and bad.
12/31/2003 by Johnnie Ann Burgess Gaskill
The start of the New Year offers us a new start to do it better.
12/30/2003 by Tom Norvell
Some of the prophets dreamed big dreams that only later people would get to see.
12/27/2003 by Patrick D. Odum
Let's find a fresh joy in going back to Bethlehem for the birth of our Lord!
12/25/2003 by Melva Cooper
We have let the world take Jesus out of Christmas and just make it a secular holiday; let's remember to make sure any holiday we celebrate is to the Lord and put Jesus back into our Christmas celebrations.
12/21/2003 by Rubel Shelly
A small town parade and a funeral stir up memories of the past and hope for the future.
12/20/2003 by Kelly Breece
During the holidays, we really miss loved ones lost to death, but we should let that be a reminder to seize each moment and fill it with love and joy.
12/19/2003 by Joseph Mazella
Being a joyful person, being involved with friends, and being active in life is the best medicine to prevent disease.
12/18/2003 by Rubel Shelly
We often try to deny or feel sorry about the attacks of Satan in our lives rather than resisting and fighting him with the spiritual power God has given us.
12/14/2003 by Mike Barres
In the face of battling mental health challenges, could you take on the prospect of dying with faith, character, and hope?
12/12/2003 by Kathy Bailey
Let's not make our ideal, our goal, into a bludgeoning stick -- but instead, let's keep working for God's goals in our lives.
12/09/2003 by Rubel Shelly
Don't let peer pressure make you do what is wrong; just do the right thing.
12/05/2003 by Russ Lawson
We can be situation complainers -- thermostats -- or situation changers -- thermometers; Jesus' will, however, is that we be salt, light, and examples who display the fruit of the Spirit.
12/04/2003 by Mike Barres
Our citizenship is in heaven, so let's live like heaven is our home!
12/03/2003 by Patrick D. Odum
Satan likes to sneak in and set up shop and begin his destructive work in our lives when we are unsuspecting.
12/02/2003 by Bruce Wadd
We all say things we truly mean, but we prove ourselves unfaithful to our commitments and can't follow through with our promises; it's then that Jesus' words and Peter's reply become doubly important.
11/30/2003 by Tom Norvell
God cares for us and beckons us to the quiet stillness to know he is in control and give us a chance to give him our thanksgiving.
11/27/2003 by Kelly Breece
Every day is a gift to spent wisely, but once it is gone, it can't be spent again.
11/25/2003 by Rubel Shelly
With everything in our lives changing all the time, it is very nice to know that Jesus doesn't change.
11/23/2003 by Tom Norvell
There are all sorts defitions of friendship, but the bottom line is whether are not we are willing to let Jesus be our friend?
11/20/2003 by Russ Lawson
Sometimes those who show themselves to be very self-destructive just need someone to help them get some rest and encouragement.
11/18/2003 by Rubel Shelly