Spiritual Life

God Looks at Our Motives

Reading for the Day: Proverbs 16:1-2 We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. No one likes lie detector tests. They have a way of revealing what we would like to keep hidden. It is precisely those hidden things that God [...]

Seek God’s Face First

We all have an order to our lives, don’t we? When we get up we have a routine and when we tackle different situations, we have a certain way that we do things. When you come to God, there is a method as well. A method, you say? Yes, God has order to His life and, [...]

God Knows Your Situation

Reading for the Day: Psalm 139:16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. Would it surprise you to know that the one person that knows all about you is God? There is nothing that we can ever hide from [...]

God Why Did this Happen to Me

Have you ever asked this question? Of all the questions that a person could ask of God, this is probably the most common one and also the one whose answer is not ever straightforward. The title here implies that something bad has occurred. No one seems to ask God why they were given a blessing but [...]

God is With You Always

Reading for the Day: Matthew 28:20 “Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Remember when you were young and your friends challenged you to a dare? Maybe it was to walk up to the [...]

God is Our Hope

What is hope? Some people characterize it as never giving up. Others see it as a motivation to endure hard times knowing that something better is ahead. It can be both of these things and more when the source of your hope is God. Hope and faith are inextricably linked. In the book of Hebrews, Paul [...]

The God of Impossibility

Reading for the Day: Ephesians 3:20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. I like surprises don’t you? The good kind I mean. You are looking to buy a car that will get you from point A to [...]

God Loves You as His Greatest Creation

Reading for the day: Genesis 1:26-28 “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground….’” We sometimes [...]

God Will Speak to Me

As we seek God’s guidance, we sometimes think it would be nice if we could hear Him clearly. We find ourselves hoping for our own “burning bush” to point us in the right direction. Does God still speak to us today? The answer is a resounding, “Yes! God does speak to us!” But sometimes we don’t [...]

You Cannot Hide Your Sins from God

Reading for the day: Proverbs 28:13 “He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” Have you done something that you know is wrong in God’s eyes? Have you confessed your sin with a contrite heart, or are you avoiding the issue, hoping the problem will go away? Toddlers often do [...]