Di David Hermes

Di Victor Godoy

You are not beyond God's reach. "But He needed to go through Samaria." Jn 4:4 NKJV The Bible says that Jesus "left Judea and departed again to Galilee. But He needed to go through Samaria" (vv. 3-4 NKJV). In case you may not be aware of it, Samaria was not on the way to Galilee. Actually, it was miles out of the way. Yet, the Bible says Jesus "need…

FEB. 13, 2025 Change your routine. "I will lead them in paths they have not known." Isa 42:16 NKJV As attested by the law of requisite variety, the continued existence of any system requires the ability to cultivate variety in its internal structures. In physical exercise, for example, routines eventually become useless. If you exercise the same wa…

Fear is the enemy of growth. "Tell the children of Israel to go forward.'" Ex 14:15 NKJV If you want to grow, you need to get over any fear you may have of making mistakes. As author and professor Warren Bennis states, "A mistake is simply another way of doing things." So, expect to make mistakes along the way, and embrace them as a sign that you a…

Keep trusting God. "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." Job 13:15 NKJV The story of Job reads like this: Chapter 1, he is one of the wealthiest men in his generation. Chapter 2, he loses everything, including his health, his wealth, and his children. Chapter 42, he is back on top again. Wouldn't you like to know what happened from chapters 3 …

FEB. 10, 2025 Use your gifts in ministry to others. "The gifts and...calling of God are irrevocable. " Ro 11:29 NKJV When God gives us a spiritual gift, He doesn't take it back. "The gifts and...calling of God are irrevocable. " And if God does not, we must not! Paul writes: "If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical …

Di AJ McGraw

FEB. 6, 2025 Pass it on to others. "The things that you have heard from me...commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also." 2Ti 2:2 NKJV What's your goal in life? Survival, success, or succession? Some of us suffer from "duck syndrome." We appear calm on the surface, but underneath we're paddling furiously. We think "I'm glad …

Let's respect our differences. "Let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up." Ro 14:19 NLT Paul wouldn't yield an inch when it came to standing on the central truths of Scripture. But when it came to traditions, personal opinions, and personal preferences, he said, "Let each be fully convinced in his own mind" (v. 5 NKJV). U…

Di JC Sherrod

Di AJ McGraw

Di Kore Bendix

How to forgive. "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." Eph 4:32 NKJV In 1982, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to take the life of President Ronald Reagan by shooting him with a handgun. Reagan's daughter, Patti, later recounted what she learned from her father when he was in hospital: "My fath…

Di Brett Fuller

How to get what you want. "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Mt 6:33 NIV The first step to getting what you want in life is knowing what you want. Jesus said, in essence, "The key to getting what you want out of life is to focus on what I want for your life." Note the words "seek f…

JAN. 14, 2025 Have you talked to God about it?. "So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend." Ex 33:11 NKJV Moses had a special place where he met with God. It was called "the tabernacle of meeting" (v. 7 NKJV). What did they talk about? "Then Moses said to the Lord, 'See, You say to me, "Bring up this people." But You h…

JAN. 15, 2025 Know your purpose, know your partners "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." Jn 20:21 NIV In order to identify God's will for your life, you must be clear about two things: (1) Your purpose. Facing the cross, Jesus said, "For this cause came I into the world" (Jn 18:37). Your passion is that area of your life that fires you up…

JAN. 13, 2025 The link between disobedience and stress. "Walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you." Jer 7:23 NKJV A leading Christian psychologist says there is a direct correlation between the stress we experience and disobeying God's Word. Could that be true? Could there be a link between the stress you are fee…

Di Jermaine Moore

Di Brett Fuller

See yourself as valuable (2) "You are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you." Isa 43:4 NLT If you want to be a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you will never achieve at the level of a 10. You will achieve a 5 or lower. Why? Because you cannot surpass the image you have of yourself. Low self-esteem puts a cap on your potential. So where do…

See yourself as valuable (1) "I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency." Php 4:13 AMPC When God made the first man, He saw that his creation was "very good." That means every person that has ever been born, including you, has seeds of success within them. All you need to do is water them and feed them, and they will grow. So why do many people …

Di JC Sherrod

JAN. 8, 2025 Just sow the seed “We are only God's servants through whom you believed the Good News." 1Co 3:5 NLT One day when Charles Colson was scheduled to preach to three hundred inmates at San Quentin prison, a lockdown was called and most of the prisoners were confined to their cells. To the few who were allowed to attend, Colson decided to go…

You are commanded to love. "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another." Jn 13:34 NKJV Love is not an emotion, because you cannot command someone to feel a certain way. Loving someone is a choice that manifests itself in your attitudes and actions toward that person. Jesus said, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one an…

Di Jim Critcher

Di AJ McGraw

Di Brett Fuller

Di Brett Fuller

Di AJ McGraw

Intimacy, dependency, obedience (2). "The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing." Jn 5:19 NIV The second thing that defines Jesus' relationship with His Father is this: Dependency. Corrie ten Boom used to say, "I am just the glove, Jesus is the hand that fills it and works through it." That's a picture of Chris…

Intimacy, dependency, obedience (1). "For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does." Jn 5:20 NIV These three things define the relationship Jesus had with His Father, and they are a blueprint for the kind of relationship you need to build with God: intimacy, dependency, obedience. First: Let's look at intimacy. Jesus said, "For the Father…

Di JC Stephenson

Are YOU feeling unqualified?. "I replied, 'The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall.'" Ne 2:20 NLT With its walls torn down, Jerusalem was defenseless against her enemies. So, Nehemiah assembled a team to rebuild the walls. He had no training for this job. He wasn't an architect or a builder. Jerusal…

Di AJ McGraw

"Lord, teach us to pray." Lk 11:1 NKJ Demonstrating an uncommon level of honesty, a well-known pastor says: "Prayer is the biggest struggle I have... It's difficult to maintain a consistent prayer life, and especially difficult to sustain the conviction that it does any good at times." Prayer doesn't come naturally for the majority of us. We know i…

DEC. 3, 2024 Faithfulness. "Well done, good and faithful servant." Mt 25:23 NKJV Jesus begins the parable of the talents with these words: "For the kingdom of heaven is like" (v. 14 NKJV). And one of the strongest points He makes is the importance of being faithful. Whether God gives you five talents, two talents, or one talent, the thing that matt…

Di Tim Johnson

You choose: your calling or your comfort. "When they came to Harran, they settled there." Ge 11:31 NIV The Bible says, "Terah took his son Abram... and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there" (v. 31 NIV). A Christian author writes: "Terah accompanied Abram for part of the jou…

Di Brett Fuller

Understanding righteousness. "But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed." Ro 3:21 NKJV You will go to heaven because you trusted in Christ's righteousness, not your own. You say, "But isn't doing the right things important?" Absolutely. Your reward in heaven will be predicated upon what you do for God here on earth. But your s…

NOV. 26, 2024 When God shows up. "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us... But if not..." Da 3:17-18 NKJV When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego refused to bow before Nebuchadnezzar's ninety-foot golden god, he threatened them with a fiery furnace. Here is what they told him: "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery …

Di Brett Fuller

"Our sufficiency is from God." 2Co 3:5 NKJV Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand men is enormously outnumbered by the Midianites when God tells him, "You have too many men." He instructs Gideon to release anyone who is afraid, and Gideon loses two-thirds of his army. Now he has only ten thousand men. Again the Lord says, "There are still too many m…

Di AJ McGraw

NOV. 20, 2024 You will be rewarded for it. "The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Ro 8:18 NKJV In 1857 David Livingstone gave this speech at Cambridge University: "People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa…..Away with the word in such …

"His older son...was angry." Lk 15:25, 28 NKJV The parable of the prodigal son is about two boys and their father's love for each. The younger one dishonored his father and ended up in a pigpen. When he returned home, he had lost everything—except his father's love. So no matter who you are or what you have done-God loves you and wants you in His f…

Di Tim Seay

There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors." 1Jn 4:18 AMPO When you were young and said a bad word, your parents may have threatened to wash your mouth out with soap. Well, if fear is a dirty word, then faith in God's unconditional love for you is like soap! Too many put the cart…