Did you add to your bottle of tears today? We would love to pray for you. “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle.  You have recorded each one in your book.”  (Psalm 56:8, NLT) I confess I’m a crier.  I cry at movies, at baseball games [...]

Are you feeling fragile today? Come talk to a mentor.   “For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,’ has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.   We now have this light shining in our [...]

What to do when God has you waiting . “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” (Romans 11:33-34) Have you ever had a dream that [...]

Is your best never good enough? Talk to a mentor. “A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.” (Luke 6:45, NLT) I have this issue with [...]

What can you do when a friend fails you? “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:3,10) All I heard was yelling.  It was as if my head was submerged under water.  I could [...]

Take today’s next step: Feeling distracted today? Take a few minutes to listen to God.  “Yet, my brothers, I do not consider myself to have ‘arrived’, spiritually, nor do I consider myself already perfect.  But I keep going on, grasping ever more firmly that purpose for which Christ grasped me.  Brothers, I do not consider [...]

Take today’s next step: Learn more grace. Take this lesson on freedom. “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.”  (Ephesians [...]

Take today’s next step: Do you trust God enough to give generously? “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”  (Luke 6:38, NLT) Every [...]

Take today’s next step: Start sharing your faith today. (It’s easier than you think.) “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone [...]

Take today’s next step:  Take this lesson on prayer. “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” (Matthew 6:33) My church has decided to read through the entire New Testament in eight weeks.  When I first heard about this challenge, I confess I was [...]