Daily Hope Devotionals - Spiritual Growth

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

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?

Change requires new thinking. In order to change, we must learn the truth and start making good choices, but we also must change the way we think. We’ve talked about this before: The battle for … Continue reading What You Think, You Are

Change requires making choices. It’s not enough to dream of changing. It’s not enough to desire change. In order for you to change, you will need to make a decision. You must choose to change. … Continue reading You Can’t Change by Accident

Before David faced Goliath in 1 Samuel, he actually had to fight four other giants. They weren’t physical giants, but they were giants in his mind. You are far more likely to have to face … Continue reading The Giants That Stand Between You and Great Faith

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

We know that setting goals is important because the Bible tells us that Jesus set goals. In fact, he often announced publicly what his goal was for the next phase of his ministry. So why … Continue reading Faith Helps You Focus Your Goals

Yesterday we talked about some reasons why you need to set goals. Today we’re going to talk about three more reasons why goal setting is so important that even Jesus set goals for himself. You … Continue reading Godly Goals Give You Hope to Endure

Do you want to be healthier? More rested and less stressed? Do you want to be closer to God? To other people? You don’t just drift into good things. You must be intentional. You have … Continue reading Set These Four Goals to Grow More Like Jesus

Did you know that every time you show love, it gives glory to God? Because God is love, and glory is revealing what God is really like. In a sense, God says, “I am loving. … Continue reading You Can Accept People Without Approving of Everything They Do