When we step out of God’s perfect plan, we get off-balance. And when you are off-balance spiritually, it spills over into every area of your life. Nothing else seems to fit and you don’t feel whole. Y...  Read More

For by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast” Ephesians 2:8-9It’s by God’s grace that we are saved, not because o...  Read More

Peter went fishing. He didn’t catch anything. He’s a master fisherman. He’d been out all night and he was beyond tired.  Jesus had been teaching people from the boat while Peter was cleaning his nets....  Read More

The best is yet to come. The blessings we experience in our life with God, the goodness of God’s creation, the joy of Christmas, the consolation that comes from God’s presence, the freedom that comes ...  Read More

At this time of year, children and adults often ask, “What did you get for Christmas?” How quickly we lose focus on Jesus, who came to give us salvation. Instead, we think of ourselves and the things ...  Read More

This is Christmas week. We celebrate that God became a fellow traveler with us in a new way. Just as Mary placed the infant Jesus in a manger, God placed himself into our difficult, messy, and often t...  Read More

God does not love us because we are so great or good. God loves all of us because he is gracious and good. Remember, Boazs mother was Rahab. She became an ancestor of David; the line of Jesus.Rahab wa...  Read More

God changed Sarai (princess) to Sarah which means mother of nations and kings.When God told Abraham Sarai would be a mother of many nations, while barren, he could not believe it. They laughed in disb...  Read More

“Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11:24-25‬ ‭NLT‬‬In this world, it is...  Read More

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14The gospels give a complete...  Read More

I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:10-11Joy to the world! The Lord is com...  Read More

During Advent, Christians look forward to the birth of the Savior. While Christmas joy rightly peaks at the birth of Jesus, sometimes we forget the Old Testament stories pointing to that moment at the...  Read More