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Love for God produces love for people, and love gives us courage to speak up.

Those who wish to have a fruitful life must be dwelling in God's Garden.

There is something - no - Someone - who can bring eternal delight to you.

Jesus is the Master Carpenter and is ready to renovate your life.

Jesus is the Master Carpenter and is ready to renovate your life.

Don't overly think through the stages of grief. Turn to the God who brings beauty out of ashes.

What are we waiting for? God has called you to be a leader in accomplishing His purpose and He has equipped you to do it.

Is there a way to smooth out all the emotional hills and valleys of life?

Why live in the dark when the Light of Jesus is shining on you.

When God says stand still, use the time to get prepared for when He says move.

Every individual is responsible for their own sin and for their own response to God's offer of redemption.

Are you the one who goes against the flow because you are following Jesus?

How often do we short-arm people because of what's on the outside?

Jesus is ready to pull you out of danger and make you safe and secure.

Maybe this is what God is trying to teach us about real worship.

Why isn't the Lord satisfied with my personal checklist of accomplishments?

There are 4 things that will identify a truly repentant person.

So much of life is spent trying to climb a high hill of self-fulfillment. But we can never reach God that way.

There are two paths to walk in life. Which will you choose?

There is no fear in what's ahead for those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ.

If you struggle with your identity, there is an answer. Let God define who you are.

Are you seeking the King to worship Him or eliminate Him?

What makes us think we would have believed the Messiah had arrived when we don't live today like He's coming back?

How much have you built into your life that squeezes out Jesus?

Humble people get honored. People who honor themselves get humbled.

What happens when we leave Christ out of Christmas?

Could there ever be such a thing as perfect government? The answer is YES!

Be the least of the least so you are most like the Greatest of all.

There is a Light that shines to release you from the bondage of the immediate.

Treu reason will bring you to the true Reason for the Season.

God has created an eternal point of connection where we can have a permanent relationship with Him.

Which team does your life represent - the world's or Jesus Christ's?

When we make much of our problems we make little of God.

With God, it doesn't have to make sense for us to trust Him.

An invitation has been sent to you. How will you respond?

Be encouraged by all the promises that are fulfilled for us in Christ Jesus.

How can we truly pray for someone if we don't identify with them and with God's heart for them?

The guilty can never declare themself to be innocent. Only the Innocent Savior can.