Eve looked at that beautiful, forbidden fruit and made a decision. There was no way she could begin to visualize how that one decision would change the history of the world. The choice made that day has impacted the lives of every one of the billions and billions of people who have lived on this earth. It impacts the lives of each…

There are verses in the Bible that are comforting.  There are verses in the Bible that are challenging.  There are verses in the Bible that are insightful.  And, there are verses in the Bible that are comforting, challenging and insightful all at the same time.  Psalm 16:8 is one such verse.  Read this reflectively. “I have set the Lord always before me;…

We live in a time where access to information is unfettered. A bottomless pit of info is available at your fingertips. The issue is not getting information. The issue is sorting through the vast sea of information to determine what is right and what is wrong. It is a dangerous thing to have access to data without the ability to determine what…

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives” (Matt. 26:30). It is impossible to precisely know what was in the hearts of those apostles as they followed Him. After He had washed their feet in the upper room, He was troubled in spirit when He said, “One of you will betray Me” (John 13:21). Their…

What is your favorite, favorite thing to eat?  What food or snack or candy is there that you absolutely cannot resist?  What is the one thing that, if someone placed it near you, would immediately grab your attention, lead you to start taking bites, and not stop until it was gone?  C’mon!  What is it? Does that have any spiritual application?  Think…

There are many that felt that they were in a hopeless place in their lives. When our physical bodies and other things that we have placed our trust in begin to fail us, it is easy to get discouraged.  Jeremiah, a prophet of God, wrote these words as he witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem at the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar. “My soul…

In the upper room, His hour had finally come. Immediately after His baptism, He spent those forty days in the wilderness. Luke 4:2 shows that every one of those forty days He had been tempted by the Devil. There were those three great temptations at the end of that period; and victorious Jesus won and the Devil departed from Him. Satan had…

“Jesus answered, ‘The foremost is, Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength’” (Mark 12:29-30). Some of our habits might make this a very difficult task. We all have different roles in our…