Courage is a basic virtue. What use is wisdom if you don’t have the courage to act wisely? What value is love if you don’t have the courage to love? What importance is truth if you don’t have the courage to speak it? What consequence is faith without the courage to...

Proverbs 22:6 New International Version 6 Start children off on the way they should go,     and even when they are old they will not turn from it. God calls parents to lead their children. He tells them that if they start off a child in the way they should go, when...

It would be wonderful if our relationship with Jesus got rid of the allure of the darkness so prevalent in this world, but that won’t happen in this life. And whether it comes through the internet, television, wallet, tongue or stomach, most of us are intimately...

Sometimes we fail to take action in our lives because we’re caught in a comfortable cycle. How often, for example, do we follow the crowd because it’s just easier than doing the right thing? We procrastinate because we’ve convinced ourselves that we’ll feel stronger...

When storms come in your life, they may bring sorrow and pain—an illness, an accident, a betrayal. In the midst of the event, your decisions can help save you and your family. Let’s face it: disaster can strike whether you’re a saint or sinner. To survive requires...

  Genesis 1:1-2 New International Version The Beginning 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Look closely...

Ezra 1:1-3 New International Version Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm...