As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and stand before him?...

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn...

Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own...

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the...

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. Psalm 34:17 One of the great drawbacks of our...

GOD BLESSES YOU WHEN YOU WORSHIP Few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away...

COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS “I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given...

A Listening Heart Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy. So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone...

GOD’S CHILDREN ARE CHOSEN OUT OF THE WORLD If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it...

“Do this and you will live!” LUKE 10:28 Some people enjoy knowing their neighbors by name. Others value privacy and agree with the adage,...

GOD FULFILLS YOUR HOLY PASSIONS Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 In Confessions...

Men, Movements, and Monuments “But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me...

FRIENDS OF THE LIGHT John 3:18-21 We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contacts with God, praying only for...

GOD IS INTIMATE WITH HIS FOLLOWERS I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have...

LOOKING AT THE POSITIVE Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.Proverbs 12:18 One of the most powerful...

CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell...

THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S NEH. 6:1-16 “They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.” NEHEMIAH 6:16 In some Christian...

GOD'S AMAZING WONDERS I will thank the Lord with all my heart as I meet with his godly people. How amazing are the deeds of the Lord! All...

A Humble Heart Luke 18:10-14 KJV Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee...

GOD DOESN’T ALWAYS ANSWER “WHY?” The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children...