Daily Hope Devotionals - Change

Have you figured out yet that you’re often your own worst enemy? Your own reactions, fears, and inadequacies can cause you to act in foolish ways. I know that’s true for me. I need to … Continue reading You Need God’s Power for Lasting Change

If someone came to you today and said, “Let’s go have some coffee; I want to point out all the areas in your life that need changing,” you probably wouldn’t be thrilled to have that … Continue reading Confront in Truth, Affirm in Love

Relationships are a raincoat during the storms of life. No matter which of our friends or family members are going through a storm, we have to help each other. People committed to one another protect … Continue reading Relationships Are Your Raincoat in the Storm

If one of the marks of an awesome family—whether it’s your biological family, your adoptive family or your church family—is that you help each other grow, then how do you do that? Let me give … Continue reading How Family Members Help Each Other Grow

If you want lasting change in your life, you must fill your life with love. Love is the only thing that can change the unchangeable. Love invigorates. Love revitalizes. Love renews. Love refreshes. Love is … Continue reading Love Can Change the Unchangeable

You will not make all the changes you need to make, want to make, would love to make, plan to make, or dream to make by yourself. If you could, you would. But you can’t, … Continue reading You Will Not Change without Community

The first and greatest barrier to change in any area of your life is pride. The fact is, nobody has it all together. I don’t have it all together. You don’t have it all together. … Continue reading You Don’t Have It All Together, and That’s Okay

If you want to experience lasting change in your life, you have to start with your body, and that includes changing the way you think so that what you let into your mind and the … Continue reading Take Off the Old Before You Put On the New

For change to happen in any area of your life—whether it’s financial, vocational, educational, mental, or relational—you have to begin with the physical. Why? Because your body affects your behavior. Your muscles affect your moods … Continue reading Staying Fit Is a Way to Worship

When God wants to remove the defects in your life, he doesn’t just snap his fingers so that it happens instantly. He does it incrementally. You’ve heard me say this before: When God wants to … Continue reading Do You Want to Be a Mushroom or an Oak Tree?