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Your future is secure because salvation rests on Christ, not on you. Hope is fragile when it depends on human effort.Thank God believers can look toward the future with joy, not fear. Paul writes: "We...

Most people spend their entire lives trying to become someone. The gospel says you already are. You did not receive a project at salvation. You received a new identity. God did not hand you a to-do li...

When Joshua took over leadership of Israel, he faced a landscape of fortified walls and giants. The natural obstacles were at their peak-the Jordan River was even overflowing its banks. Most leaders w...

The world tells you, "Don't get your hopes up." They say it to protect you. They think that if you keep your expectations low, you won't be disappointed when things go wrong. But the Bible says the ex...

In ancient quarries, stones sat in thick darkness until someone went in, cut them free, and carried them out.That's the picture Peter uses to describe what God has done for us. "(ekklesia) ἐκ&ka...

Self-improvement is exhausting.We try to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. We use willpower, discipline, and shame to force ourselves into being better people. We try to be less angry, more patient...

There is a strange detail in the story of Lazarus that we often skip over. Jesus receives word that His friend is dying. Lazarus, the one He loves, is sick. You would expect Jesus to drop everything a...

There was a man who crossed the ocean eating crackers in the lower deck because he didn't know the meals were included in his ticket.The food was his all along - he just didn't know it. Many believers...

The Bible tells us that as the world grows darker, God's people shine brighter. "For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross (deep/thick) darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise up...

Of all the titles Jesus could choose - Messiah, Son of God, King of Israel - He most often called Himself "Son of Man." This wasn't humility.It was prophecy fulfilled. Daniel wrote, "One like the Son...

We keep waiting for something new-a breakthrough, a windfall, a miracle that drops from somewhere "out there."We focus on what we lack: not enough money, not enough skill, not enough influence. And we...

Every wound, every mockery, every moment you're misunderstood - none of it is wasted. Jesus walked the path of rejection long before He walked the path of glory.Isaiah said, "He was despised and rejec...

We live in a world full of heroes - movie heroes, comic heroes, public heroes.But these heroes all keep a distance.Up close, their flaws show.Up close, the pedestal crumbles. Jesus is different. He li...

The world may misunderstand you, but heaven will not.Your faithfulness will not stay hidden forever. Paul writes, "When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory."Col...

The first time Jesus refers to Himself as "Son of Man" in the Gospels is this verse. "The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."Matthew 8:20 The One who created galaxies entered His own world as a s...

As a parent, there are moments that shake you a little. You watch your child make decisions you never saw coming.Attitudes shift.Choices slip.And for a moment, you wonder, Is this who she's becoming?...