Daily Hope Devotional

It takes years for a person to grow to adulthood. It takes a full season for fruit to mature and ripen. Physical growth and maturity take time. The same is true for spiritual growth. The … Continue reading Surrender What Jesus Uncovers

Your choices are far more powerful than your circumstances. You can see that clearly in how you spend your time. You may not like how complicated and busy your life has become. But with few … Continue reading Your Choices Control Your Calendar

Have you ever felt that someone was a hopeless case? That they never were going to come to Christ? Maybe it was an alcoholic relative, a drug-addicted parent, or a codependent neighbor—someone with a hurt, … Continue reading How to Help Someone Find Hope and Healing, Part 2

Do you know someone who seems like a hopeless case—someone who seems like they’ll never come to Christ? Maybe you once thought you were a hopeless case yourself. I’ve found that a small group is … Continue reading How to Help Someone Find Hope and Healing, Part 1

Many different things can keep you from completing your life mission. Over the years, I’ve debated whether the worst enemy is procrastination or discouragement. If Satan can’t get you to put off your life mission, … Continue reading Nothing Worthwhile Is Ever Easy

People often fear making the wrong decision, and that creates stress. Maybe you’re facing a decision about a major issue: Should I hold on, or should I let go? Should I get in, or should … Continue reading Take the Fear out of Decision-Making

God is far more interested in changing your mind than changing your circumstances. You want God to take away all of the problems, pain, sorrow, suffering, sickness, and sadness. But God wants to work on … Continue reading Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life

If you want to have lasting change in your life, you need to refocus your mind. Specifically, you need to change your thought patterns away from what you don’t want to focus on and toward … Continue reading How to Have Lasting Change in Your Life

When God helps you grow spiritually, he doesn’t just snap his fingers so that it happens instantly. He does it incrementally. When God wants to make a mushroom, he takes six hours, but when he … Continue reading God’s Change Takes Time

The key to stress reduction in your life is to let go and let God. So how do you do this? You make Jesus the manager of your life. The problem is, we usually want … Continue reading Let God Take the Driver’s Seat