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“If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person? Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” 1 John 3:17-18 (NLT) Here...

The Free Dictionary by Farley defines “crisis" as “a crucial or turning point in the course of something.” It further defines crisis as “an emotionally stressful event or traumatic change in a person’s life." What do you do when that occurs? First, you need to get a...

“Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them. Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in...

“God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need Him. We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake, before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us,...

“But He knows the way I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 (NASB1995) And I Corinthians (NKJV) 3:12-13 says, “Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become...

”Now that we know what we have — Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God —let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all — all but the...

“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” Matthew 6:34 (NLT)  Matthew 6:34 in the Message Bible reads, “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what...

”Don’t waste your time on useless work, mere busywork, the barren pursuits of darkness. Expose these things for the sham they are. It’s a scandal when people waste their lives on things they must do in the darkness where no one will see. Rip the cover off those frauds...

”Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 (ESV) AND “Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish his work.’" John 4:34 (NKJV) Jesus knew His purpose was to...

”Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become...