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APR. 2, 2025 Be real. "People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1Sa 16:7 NLT Jesus was rough on Pharisees: "People look at you and think you are saints, but beneath... you are total frauds" (Mt 23:28 MSG). They put on a good front but were devoid of grace, mercy, and compassion. And Jesus called them on it! Because we live in an appearance-focused socie

APR. 3, 2025 Today, use your God-given power. "You shall receive power." Ac 1:8 NKJV You say, "If Christ lives in me, why do I still think and act the way I do?" A Christian leader explains: "The answer is illustrated in a story about a lady who had a small house...at the turn of the century. She was quite wealthy but also quite frugal... People were surprised, then, when she decid

Put God between yourself and the foe "There is none like you to help." 2Ch 14:11 ESV Faced with an enemy he couldn't conquer on his own, King Asa prayed, "Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us...we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you! The Lord

MAR. 11, 2025 Born to believe (1) "Train up a child in the way he should go." Pr 22:6 Training your child is both challenging and rewarding. By shaping their underlying belief system, you help their developing brain establish permanent neural pathways that will guide their moral and spiritual growth. Neuroscientists Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman, authors of Born to Believe

MAR. 10, 2025 How God sees you. "There is...no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." Ro 8:1 Once we understand that God's love for us is based on what Christ did for us rather than what we do ourselves, the struggle is over. Now we can stop "performing," and we can serve God because we know He loves us and that we don't need to try to make Him love us. We no longer fear

Use your imagination. "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we... imagine." Eph 3:20 NIV Lack of faith is not a failure of logic; it's a failure of imagination. Lack of faith is the inability or unwillingness to entertain thoughts of a God who is able to do "immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us" (v. 20 NIV

Put away the measuring stick! "Jesus said to Simon Peter...do you love me...?" Jn 21:15 NIV Reimar Schultze says: "The more conscientious we are, the more we...go to bed with some sense that we missed the elusive 100 percent again... Many precious saints fall for this trap…..robbing themselves of the joy of the Lord and the peace...that passes all understanding…We all are famil

Know when to let go. "There's...a right time...to hold on and another to let go." Ecc 3:1, 6 MSG Persistence, determination, commitment, and recognizing the "right time...to hold on" are all commendable qualities, whether it's setting aside time to pray and read every day, eating dinner with your family, finding a better job, or losing weight, etc. But it's equally important to rec

MAR. 3, 2025 Don't break, bounce back (2). "Though good people may be bothered by trouble...they are never defeated." Pr 24:16 NCV Here are two more keys to bouncing back: (1) Instead of complaining about what you can't change, change what you can. When you can't change your situation, you can change your attitude toward it. How do you do that? By reprogramming your mind with God's

Jesus is the answer. "I was found by people who were not looking for me. I showed myself to those who were not asking for me." Ro 10:20 NLT The Bible says, "I was found by people who were not looking for me. I showed myself to those who were not asking for me." You say, "What does this Scripture mean?" That even though you're looking for answers in the wrong places, asking the wron