ENCOURAGING WORDS

What is the difference between faith and hope?  Both words are used in the Bible quite frequently. Do you remember that 1 Corinthians 13 says, "Now abide faith, hope, love"…

My all-time favorite fruit is the Filipino mango. While mango trees can live for 300 years, how do they stay standing when typhoon-force winds blow? There's only one answer: their…

When as a parent you have young kids, it's as if you're in God's waiting room. You're anticipating the day when the "rosebuds" will mature and bloom. You nurture the…

Ever see sunflowers growing in someone's garden? Or perhaps by the side of the road? You probably noticed that they almost always face toward the sun. In the morning, young…

In the last verse of the last chapter of the last book the apostle Peter ever wrote, he gave us some valuable instruction.  He said, "But grow in the grace…

Candy wrote, "Today I lost my wallet! And I put a big bald spot in my husband's hair! Do you ever have those days where your brain is just not…

The young boy grabbed his lunch, tucked it in his tunic and took off for the countryside to spend the day listening to the Teacher, Jesus of Nazareth. We don't…

Author Elizabeth George writes, Here's a question to think about: If someone asked you to describe the quiet time you had this morning, what would you say? This is exactly…

Dark periods in life come to all of us—times when all you know about God is being put to the test. The Apostle Paul had an experience like that. It…

Mention any date since 1980 to Jill Price, and she can tell you what happened to her on that day—"what time she got up, who[m] she met, what she did,…

Temptation comes to all of us in one form or another.  Who at one time or another has not felt an intense desire to do something you really knew you…

When he was in his later years, Dr. D. James Kennedy, wrote the following: Now, I know that someday I am going to come to what some people will say…

Too many people who have had a wrong done to them have "built a memorial to the event and placed it smack dab in the center of the living room…

When life throws at us circumstances we can't understand, we have two choices: question God or trust Him. Lisa Beamer learned that lesson--twice. Lisa is the wife of 9-11 hero…

Sometimes I wonder if we are so busy accomplishing certain things every day that we miss opportunities to bless the people around us. God's quiet voice may not be heard…

Pastor Glenn Burris tells that one of the ways he helps around the house is to haul the large garbage containers out to the street for pickup—a five-minute job.  But…

John's phone rang.  It was the call that all parents hope they will never receive. His teenage daughter, who had recently received her driver's license, was involved in an accident.…

One time Jesus said to a busy woman, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things" (Luke 10:41- ck. NIV). I can certainly relate to Martha. How about…

Many, many children today are growing up in one-parent homes. Maybe when you were a child your father turned his back on your mother for another woman, and your home…

A fighter jet pilot flying upside down at tremendous speed became disoriented.  Confused as to which way was up and which was down, he pulled the flight stick in the…