The prayers of little children are quite revealing in their innocence and their frank honesty. One such prayer is, “Dear God, let the bad people be good and the good people be nice.” How true this is in a world where things God would consider good are held as bad and upholds evil as good. Continue reading

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren (Romans 8:29). And be not fashioned [conformed] according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and Continue reading

There are many principles we follow that make us successful in this world that we can and should be applying to our lives with God. It’s all about the choices we make. At the end of the day, have the choices I made drawn me closer to or farther from God? What motivates us on Continue reading

And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved (Acts 2:46-47). When Christians consider the Continue reading

“And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?” (Matthew 6:27). It starts early, and it never has to stop. Getting accepted at school. Making the grade in class. Getting picked at kickball. Surviving middle school. Being liked by at least someone of the opposite gender. Making Continue reading

Whom withstand steadfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world (1 Peter 5:9). During times of great difficulty– be it physical, emotional, and/or spiritual– it is easy for believers to get the impression that they are alone in what they are experiencing. They may Continue reading

Servitude is a theme replete throughout scripture. In Matthew 20:20, when a mother asks that her sons sit on His right and left sides, the apostles grow contentious over their rank in the kingdom. Jesus, however, says they should not seek to be masters but servants, for it shall be the servants that will be Continue reading

Then said his wife unto him, “Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.” But he said unto her, “Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this did not Job sin with Continue reading

This lesson is about two problems we often face as individuals and as a congregation – discouragement and pride. Being proud and discouragement may seem opposites, but they are often connected with each other, and we have to be open to God’s word if we are to solve these issues. I Thessalonians 5:14 encourages to Continue reading