A brand new year stretches in front of us... a fresh start; a new page to write the journey of our lives on.  New opportunities and new challenges await each of us. Here are five simple steps to help keep your heart light as you navigate the road ahead. L…… Leisure Make sure you schedule some leisure time for yourself.  Especially in the...

Our faith walk is not a casual swagger through the flower garden under blue skis. Oh, we often wish it were and complain to God when it’s not. Yet He was clear when He told us to “Stand your ground” (Ephesians 6:11 & 13). The enemy of our soul seeks to put a wedge in our relationship with God. God warned us to “be self-controlled and...

If you are having a hard time trusting God in your life these days, you are in good company. Even Jesus' closest followers, who walked and talked with Him here on earth, found their faith lacking too. Feeling overwhelmed and incapable of measuring up to the standards Jesus laid out, they cried out, "Increase our faith!" (Luke 17:5). Jesus replied...

Everywhere you look there is a hunger to know more about the spiritual realm. Talk shows, bookshelves, magazines, whole stores promoting spirituality symbols all point to this growing awareness in the spiritual and the supernatural. The language is similar in the different arenas of information on the subject. The talk of higher power, divine...

The demands of a growing ministry can become front and center in our lives. It is easy to postpone quiet times with God as we are engaged in ministry activities. We want to sharpen one another in our personal walk with God. We want to spur each other on in putting aside this meaningful task to take time to be face to face with our Lord. Will Bruce,...

The hurting church is not an occasional dilemma. More and more often we find people who have been hurt deeply within the family of God, leaving them worn and exhausted. More and more often we find leaders in conflict within the body of believers, robbed of the joy Jesus promised in Him. When we find this hurt hanging on to our own bruised soul, it...

Susan has not yet received the answer to her prayer. Yet she has received something even more precious than the thing she sought from God’s hand. Susan has experienced God. God promises a reward to those who earnestly seek Him. He says, “Anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him”(Hebrews...