Just a Spark
The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts (James 3:5). The tongue, small as it is, can lead to disastrous...
Encouragement in Faith
[Barnabas] encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts(Acts 11:23). New believers, like children, need loads of...
Navigating Life’s Rapids
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you (Psalm 32:8). In Psalm 32, God...
Simply Ask
Before they call I will answer(Isaiah 65:24). In our lives, sometimes we struggle with a problem because we won’t ask God. Will You help?...
Love Passed Down
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and . . . now lives in you(2...
Deep-Rooted Faith
The seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it (Matthew 13:23). Like the mighty oak, most of our...
Underestimating Ourselves
Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you...
Debt Eraser
[Jesus Christ] loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood (Revelation 1:5). Most of us have experienced indebtedness in some...
Life to the Full
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd (John 10:10–11). “All who have come before me are...
Straight Ahead
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord . . ., not turning aside to the right or to the left (2 Kings 22:2). The Bible is our tool...