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09/04/2026

Troubles and trials can be good for you. Really??? The truth is that difficulties in life serve to build your character. If parents never allow their child to experience struggles and disappointments, that child will never learn to cope with not getting his/her own way. God uses problems as a way to shape and mold us into the image of Jesus Christ. This is what gives us hope.

The Apostle Paul said: "We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us-- they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady." (Romans 5:3-4 LB)

You may not like all that is happening in your life right now, but God wants to build patience and perseverance in you. The more we learn to endure in the midst of trials the more our character is strengthened. As we grow and mature through our challenges our hope grows.

We can view our problems as an opportunity to mature as a Christian and become a better person with a deeper faith and trust in God or we can become bitter. We can choose to let our problems make us angry, bitter, cynical, resentful, and basically an unpleasant person to be around. That defeats God's purpose of trials.

You may not like your trials but God will use them to give you a deeper walk with Him and a stronger faith. He will use them to increase your hope and joy for living.

In reality our trials are a sign that God still cares about us enough to continue to work on our character. It proves God loves us and is at work in our lives. For that we can rejoice!

09/01/2026

Patience and perseverance are two virtues most of us could use more of.

Far too often we get tired of waiting on God or staying motivated. Sometimes we feel like it is easier just to not care anymore and give up.

However, one thing we have to realize is that God is not in any hurry. We may be, but He is not. His timetable is perfect. Ours is flawed.

We may feel like panicking, but God is quite relaxed.

In this passage about soil, Jesus concludes with the fourth and final soil and what it takes to produce fruit.

Luke 8:15 "But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

The key here is to keep our hearts right, hang on to God’s word (His promises) and not to give up.

Perseverance in the Greek is “the ability to endure under extreme pressure.” Most of us want to quit when the pressure gets too great.

Anyone who has ever had a fruit tree knows that you have to wait months before the time is right to pick the fruit and eat it. Eating fruit before it is ripe only leaves a bitter taste in our mouths. Rushing God’s timing sometimes does the same thing.

So take a moment and give thought to your level of patience and your ability to persevere under pressure. God wants you and me to have His patience and to trust that His timing is best. He has the sweetest fruit waiting for us. We simply need to concentrate on serving God today and leave the rest in His hands.

08/27/2026

One of the most powerful and meaningful words in the Bible is the word “grace.” Most of us have a hard time understanding the concept of grace. Having ‘grace’ extended to us is sometimes too hard to accept, but God wants you to fully enjoy the grace He has given to you.

“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.” (Titus 3:4-7 NAS)

When God says we are justified by His Grace, He is saying to you and me:

· I accept you just the way you are.
· You cannot do anything more to deserve My love.
· I have completely forgiven you of everything wrong you have done in your past.
· You will be forgiven for your future sins.
· You may have My peace every day. (Rom 5:2)
· I bless you because you are Mine.
· I will love you forever.

It is hard to believe someone would love us this way, but God does! When Christ died on the cross, He opened the door to God’s unconditional love and grace.

God’s grace is real. We just have to live as if we believe it. Don’t minimize, dilute or try to earn what Jesus has already paid the highest price for. He wants you and me to just receive it and be thankful.

08/26/2026

As we look at life ahead of us, each one of us would surely like the confidence and security of knowing that we are doing what God wants us to do and that we are living daily in His will.

Many people think of the will of God as something to do in terms of action (love people, do good deeds, start a business, move to new place, etc). However, it is really much simpler. The will of God is simply living by faith in Christ. When the people asked what the work is that they should be doing for God, He responded by saying:

"This is what God wants you to do: Believe in the One He has sent." (John 6:29) (NLT)

In the Bible, "believe" means to "trust, rely on and rest in". The Greek word translated "in" often means "direction" and "intensity".

In other words, the will of God is that every day we look to Jesus Christ, trust more in Him, rely on His strength, and grow in our intensity of faith in Him.

A year from now, God wants you to be able to say, "Yes, I have grown stronger in my faith, I walk closer to Him every day, and I let Christ live His life through me more than I ever have.”

The will of God is more that what we do for a living or where we live, it is walking with God every day and living that supernatural life He intended for us to live. His Presence lives in us to guide and direct us!

08/25/2026

Do you ever feel like something is missing from your life and you just don't know what it is? You hunger or long for something but you're not sure what it could be? Christ said:

"I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me shall not hunger and the one who believes in Me shall never thirst." (John 6:35)

He doesn't say what we hunger or thirst for. He simply tells us that if we come to Him, whatever it is we hunger for or whatever it is we thirst for, He will satisfy.

We are also told in Colossians 2:10 “In Him you have been made complete…”

We don’t need “more” of something else. We need “more” of letting Christ satisfy our lives. It is not “what” we need but “who” we need.

There is room for a closer walk with God every day. We just have to intentionally pursue it!

08/24/2026

So often, in the busyness of life we forget that which really matters. Fortunately, Jesus Christ gave to His disciples a perspective to life that He wanted them to have after He was gone. He said in John 6:37:

"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

So often we are so busy caught up with just accomplishing things that we don't stop to ask ourselves, "Am I doing what has eternal value?" This question God doesn't want us to ask to feel guilty but to free us up. You don't have to do everything in the world!

There are only certain things which are the most important and that is working, not for what perishes, but what will last for eternity. Giving thought to what is really important in life is time well spent!

08/21/2026

So often, in the busyness of life we forget what really matters. Fortunately, Jesus Christ gave to His disciples a perspective to life that He wanted them to have after He was gone. He said in John 6:37:

"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

So often we are so busy, caught up with just accomplishing things, that we don't stop to ask ourselves, "Am I doing what has eternal value?" God doesn't want us to ask this question to feel guilty, but to free us up. We don't have to do everything in the world!

There is only one certain thing which is the most important and that is working, not for what perishes, but what will last for eternity. If we remember this, we will lead a fulfilling life!

08/20/2026

Sometimes it seems as if life is against us.

A financial deal does not work out. You did not win a competition. You got a poor grade in school. We lose our job or cannot find one. Your health or the health of a loved one begins to fail. You want children and cannot have them. Your dreams seem to never come true. A relationship falls apart. Someone close dies. And most of all, God doesn't seem to answer your prayers.

When life seems to be against us, often times we blame God. We think that for some reason (a past sin or bad decision on our part) that God is against us. "If He really loved me, then things would be going much better for me in life!"

However, this could not be further from the truth. Romans 8:31 says:

"What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?"

The answer is: 'Nothing' and 'not ever!' No matter how bad things how difficult things seem to be, God wants you to know that, as His child, He has never been against you but only for you. Your job, or boss, or spouse or anything life may throw at you cannot prevent the love of God from you. Since God is for you, it doesn't matter what seems to be against you. There is no such thing as 'bad luck' for the believer in Christ.

The thing that has to change comes from you. God wants your attitude to change. He knows He is for you…He just wants you to know the same!

08/19/2026

One of the many life changing truths Christ spoke is found in John 8:32. He said:

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

You and I know that the truth can be painful. No one likes the truth about weaknesses in our lives or discovering areas in which we are not good at anymore.

No one likes acknowledging that there were relationships in the past which brought pain. Yet Christ says knowing the truth about these things releases a new freedom.

God wants you and me to come to the point in our lives where we can face the truth with courage and thankfulness. Knowing we cannot be perfect and that we fall short of being the person God wants us to be sets us free to turn to Christ as our Savior and allow Him to change our lives.

Acknowledging the truth that something (a death, physical illness, financial ruin, a poor choice) or someone (a spouse, parent, or friend) has caused pain opens the door for God to bring healing.

Acknowledging a weakness allows God to become strong in that area (2 Corinthians 12:9).

Trying to ignore the truth only keeps us miserable. Facing the truth gives us a supernatural freedom and the promise from Christ:

"If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36). God wants us to be truly free!

08/18/2026

The most repeated command in the New Testament is the command to love others unconditionally. Christ addressed this with His believers and why it was so important.

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13: 34-35)

It was not new to love others. What was new was loving others the way Christ loved…unconditionally and sacrificially.

It is the love God has toward you and me every day.

Jesus demonstrated this by dying for us when we did not deserve it (Romans 5:8).

God accepts us despite our sinfulness, rebellion, pride, ugliness, disobedience, and unfaithfulness.

If we show this same love to others, then the world will know that God is real. This is more effective than any intellectual argument we could win.

But, it is very difficult to love like Christ did. It is not convenient and we might have to sacrifice something to do so. It means forgiving those who hurt us and reaching out to those we may not like.

Love like this does not come naturally. It must be supernatural. It is loving others by faith. It means viewing others the way God views them. When I think of all God has done for me, who am I not to love someone else?

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