8 Apr 2024 0 Comment

Don’t Settle for False Fixes

When we’re in trouble, we’re often tempted to find some sort of quick fix—or at least something that will relieve our stress. People’s families may be falling apart. Their finances may be falling apart. Their careers may be...
7 Apr 2024 0 Comment

Focus on God’s Goodness in Your Darkest Days

When you feel hopeless, choose to think about the one thing you know will lift your spirit: the goodness of God. How did Jonah do it? Here’s what he said: “When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the Lord” (Jonah...
6 Apr 2024 0 Comment

When You Feel Hopeless, Pray Specifically

When you’re feeling hopeless, you need to figure out where that feeling is coming from—and then you can begin to pray specifically for what you need. That’s how God wants you to talk with him. As you pray specifically, I encourage...
5 Apr 2024 0 Comment

When You Feel Hopeless, Pray Passionately

When you pray, do you only tell God what you think he wants to hear? Maybe you start with a simple, “Hi, God. How’s it going? I hope you had a good day today.” Then you move forward with a predictable prayer that sounds a whole lot...
4 Apr 2024 0 Comment

When You Feel Hopeless, Start With Prayer

Have you ever felt swallowed up by life? Maybe you were surrounded by depression, conflict, worry, or guilt—and you felt hopeless. I hope you’re not feeling that way right now, but at some point you will be. You might lose a loved...
3 Apr 2024 0 Comment

Fulfilling God’s Mission Will Take a Step of Faith

When God first gave Jonah his mission, it required a huge step of faith. In fact, the step was so big that Jonah initially ran from it. At the time, Nineveh was the biggest and most important city in the world. It was the capital of...
2 Apr 2024 0 Comment

What Happens When You Run from God

God gives every one of us a unique mission—and he gives us a choice as to whether or not we fulfill that mission. God gave Jonah a mission: to warn the people of Nineveh that judgment was coming. But “Jonah immediately tried to run...
1 Apr 2024 0 Comment

God Made You for a Mission

You weren't put on earth to live for yourself. You were made for a greater purpose than simply to make money, retire, and die. You were made for a mission, and that mission gives your life meaning. The Bible says, “God has made us...
31 Mar 2024 0 Comment

Easter Celebrates That Jesus Is Alive Today

Although we study the passion of Jesus, his death on the cross, Easter is a celebration of his resurrection: God brought Jesus back from the dead, proving he’d broken the power of sin and death. After Jesus died, they took his body...
30 Mar 2024 0 Comment

You Need Resurrection Power

You can’t tap into a greater power than one that raises a dead man to new life. That’s the power that Jesus displayed on the first Easter. It was the most powerful event in the history of the world. And all of that power is available...