“Let us run with patience the particular race that God has set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1 TLB) When you start to get concerned about something God is doing in another person’s life and envy starts to build, focus on the plan God has for you. Don’t get distracted — center in on God’s will for your life.There’s... Continue Reading →

“Friend, I didn’t cheat you. I paid you exactly what we agreed on. . . . What business is it of yours if I want to pay them the same that I paid you? Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money?” (Matthew 20:13-15 CEV) When it looks like... Continue Reading →

“Isn’t everything you have and everything you are sheer gifts from God? So what’s the point of all this comparing and competing? You already have all you need.” (1 Corinthians 4:7-8 The Message) Instead of focusing so much on what we don’t have and what didn’t happen, we can be grateful for what we do... Continue Reading →

“We must always aim at those things that bring peace and that help strengthen one another” (Romans 14:19 GNT). Love is built on trust. When you really love people, you believe in them. You trust them. You build their confidence. You relieve their fears. And then your trust causes them to blossom.If you can’t learn to... Continue Reading →

“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails” (1 Corinthians 13:6-8 NIV). One of my heroes was Dr. E.V. Hill, pastor of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. He was a tremendous man of God and an intellectual... Continue Reading →

"If I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing" (1 Corinthians 13:2 NIV). Love is not a feeling. Love is a choice. Even when you don’t feel like it, you can choose to do it anyway.I once talked with a young mother who felt overwhelmed and was battling... Continue Reading →

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal” (1 Corinthians 13:1 NIV). Love is our greatest aim in life because we were put here on earth to learn to love God and others. The Bible makes it clear... Continue Reading →

“Treat everyone you meet with dignity” (1 Peter 2:17 The Message). You are infinitely valuable to God. God created you. Jesus died for you. God puts his Spirit within you. And God wants you to be with him forever in eternity. That’s quite an investment God has made in you! He would not have done that... Continue Reading →

“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God” (Romans 15:7 NIV). What God does for you, he wants you to do for other people.God accepts you unconditionally. That doesn’t mean he approves of everything you do, but he accepts you, no matter what you’ve done. And God says... Continue Reading →

“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance” (1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT). Lasting love is persistent. It is determined. It is diligent. It is resolute. It endures the worst and is stubborn in its insistence to not give up on a relationship. In fact, the purpose of a relationship... Continue Reading →