How You Can Enjoy Today in the Midst of Trials
RR: You've written a book titled Enjoy Today Own Tomorrow, and it came out right in the middle of a pandemic. I understand the last few months have been very difficult for you. Can you tell us a little bit about what you've experienced over the last couple of months?
Laine: To start with, it must have been a topic of great need. I was so blessed to be a bestselling author the second day that…
Giving Place
"Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil."—Ephesians 4:26–27
Paul warned us not to give “place” to the devil. The Greek word here indicates a location that has been separated and marked off. The word topography, the study of the land surface, is derived from this word. It’s the graphic delineation in detail on maps, showing relative…
What If I’m Afraid?
Did you know you have an enemy of your soul who would love nothing more than to paralyze you with fear and finish you off spiritually? To make matters worse, he knows all about you, including every chink in your armor. You can’t stand against him in your own strength.
Peter writes these compelling words:
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring…
How to Choose a Godly Spouse with Cally Logan (Video Interview)
Can you imagine writing letters to someone you never met before? Cally Logan did just that on her quest to find the man she hopes to eventually marry. After 12 years of writing more than 300 letters to the still-unknown man she hopes to one day marry, Cally Logan documents the search for her soulmate in her new book Dear Future Husband: A Love Letter Journey While Waiting for God’s Best.
She…
Are You Tired of Worrying?
Excerpt taken from Mindscape: What to Think About Instead of Worrying by Timothy Z. Witmer
The Burden We Were Never Intended to Bear
Worry is a burden God never intended us to bear? — Author Unknown
What’s the biggest worry in your life right now? Are you worried about your financial circumstances; whether you will have enough to pay the mortgage, to retire, or just to buy the necessities of…
Gaining a Better Biblical Perspective on Mental Health
What do you think when someone you know is diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder? Or has started to take a psychoactive medication? Do you say to yourself, “Finally, he is getting the help he really needs!” Or do you feel skeptical about either the diagnosis or the solution (or both), and wonder if what the person really needs is simply to trust in Jesus more?
It doesn’t take too many…
Dave Says: Don’t Let Budgeting Myths Sabotage Your Finances
Dear Dave,
I made a resolution to start following your plan in 2021. I talked to my parents about this, and while they like some parts of your teaching, they don’t think living on a budget is necessary if you make good money. They also said budgeting is extremely difficult. Are they right?
— Jensen
Dear Jensen,
For whatever reason, I’m afraid your parents are way off base on this one. A…
Help Me God!
From the soccer-mom facing the summer with no sports, to nursing home residents confined to their rooms, no one is left untouched by the waves of this pandemic. As the states begin to slowly open, the extent to which our lives have changed is yet to be seen. Although the changes vary from family to family, everyone’s future is impacted—or altered. The unknown, for most of us, is frightening…
Our Shepherd’s Favor
"The sheep listen to his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep I know My own, and My own know Me."—John 10:3, 11, 14 NASB
Dorothy Thrupp was born in England on this day in June 1779. Although the composer of many hymns, she normally used pseudonyms, letting her words speak for themselves. Demonstrating this…
Whose Voice Do You Hear?
Even before creation, God saw vast potential. In Genesis 1:1-2 we read, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”
In these first few verses of Genesis, we see God as very creative and strategic when he speaks. In Genesis 1:3-5 God…