Donnell Jones

Deanna Driggers

AJ McGraw

Miata Jones

Kore Bendix

JUL. 2, 2025 Overcoming loneliness. "Show deep love for each other." 1Pe 4:8 NLT You don't have to be alone to be lonely. Some of us are married to emotionally unavailable spouses. Some of us put up with verbal and emotional abuse because we prefer anybody's company to our own. Some of the loneliest people you will meet are in crowded bars at "happ…

JUL. 3, 2025 You have come too far to give up now!. "He persevered." Heb 11:27 NIV V. Raymond Edman said, "To be torn...by external forces, and still...preserve one's inward integrity, is to know the discipline that endures." So when you're faced with opposition, do you automatically throw in the towel, or like Moses, do you persevere? Chuck Swindo…

JUN. 26, 2025 Called to overcome (3) "In all these things we are more than conquerors." Ro 8:37 NKJV Have you heard of the principle of supercompensation? A pastor explains: "When an athlete is pushed beyond the threshold of pain and exhaustion, the body overcompensates. The more a muscle is broken down, the more it builds back up… The two hundred …

JUL. 1, 2025 The challenge of developing leaders (3). "The things you have heard me say... entrust to reliable people." 2Ti 2:2 NIV A leadership expert who conducted a poll to find out how people came to be leaders writes: "I asked if they became leaders because (a) they were given a position; (b) there was a crisis in the organization; or (c) they…

JUN. 24, 2025 Called to overcome (1) "He who overcomes shall inherit all things." Rev 21:7 NKJV A pastor writes: "All of us want every day to be a good day. But if every day was a good day, there would be no 'good' days, because there wouldn't be any bad days to compare the good days to… Sickness helps us appreciate health. Failure helps us appreci…

Nona Phinn

AJ McGraw

Kore Bendix

Brett Fuller

Grant Fuller

Brett Fuller

JC Sherrod

The five crowns (1). "They do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown." 1Co 9:25 NKJV In describing our heavenly rewards, the Bible speaks of crowns. Let's look at each and see what we can learn. The first is the victor's crown. "Everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a per…

JUN. 10, 2025 The five crowns (3). "There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness." 2Ti 4:8 NKJV The third crown mentioned in Scripture is the crown of righteousness. Paul writes: "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord...will gi…

Wisdom for parenting teenagers. "There is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." Ecc 3:1 NKJV Why does a happy, cooperative twelve-year-old suddenly turn into a sullen, depressed thirteen-year-old? There are two powerful forces that account for some of the adolescent behavior that drives you crazy as a parent. The first is linked to soci…

Garrison Fuller

JUN. 5, 2025 Honor others, and God will honor you. "...In honor giving preference to one another." Ro 12:10 NKJV One of the real tests of character and maturity is how you react to someone else's success. That's particularly so when they succeed in an area where you failed or in which you're frustrated over not having achieved greater success. F. B…

Finding your life's purpose. "I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness." Ac 26:16 NKJV In baseball, the catcher tries to distract the batter. On one occasion when Yogi Berra was behind the plate, Hank Aaron came up to bat. Yogi started in, "Hank, you've got the writing on the bat in the wrong place. The words sh…

AJ McGraw

JUN. 3, 2025 Take responsibility for your life. "Do you want to get well?" Jn 5:6 NIV What an amazing question Jesus asked this paralyzed man: "Do you want to get well?" Who wouldn't? You might be surprised! Kay Arthur tells of passing a beggar one day on a street in the Old City of Jerusalem. As he sat begging, his trouser leg was pulled up to rev…

JUN. 2, 2025 A word to graduates. "Concentrate on doing your best for God." 2Ti 2:15 MSG Graduate, here are eleven lessons to empower and inspire you: (1) You're here for a reason, and the most vital thing you can do is find it. (2) Follow your passion. You may not already know what it is, but make it your mission to discover it. (3) Although you m…

AJ McGraw

MAY. 29, 2025 The need for connectedness. "Being rooted and established in love." Eph 3:17 NIV Unfortunately, the word fellowship has come to be associated with awkward gatherings in church basements, drinking red punch, and participating in stilted conversations. No wonder people give up on it! Paul describes connectedness as "being rooted and est…

Kore Bendix

MAY. 28, 2025 When you feel blah. "Where there is no vision, the people perish." Pr 29:18 The word "perish" conjures up images of deterioration and decay, like fruit rotting from within. On what specific day does passion leave a marriage or a worker lose interest in a job that once excited them? Like air leaking silently out of a tire, what was mea…

MAY. 21, 2025 The secret to success. "Whose weakness was turned to strength." Heb 11:34 NIV The so-called "secret" to success is really no secret at all! It's simply getting back up when life has knocked you down and taking with you into the future the lessons you have learned. In talking about heroes such as Samson and David, the Bible goes on to …

MAY. 26, 2025 When God asks you to give. "The Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do." Eph 6:8 NIV When God asks you to sacrifice on behalf of somebody else, do it. It's like putting money in a heavenly account. You may not need it today or tomorrow, but when you do, God will ensure it comes back to you in multiplied form. Indian Chris…

MAY. 22, 2025 How to stay enthusiastic about God. 'My food,' said Jesus, 'is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.'" Jn 4:34 NIV No one had more energy than Jesus. He got up early, stayed up late, and sometimes pulled all-nighters. Where did He get all that energy from? The answer is found in a fascinating dialogue. "His discipl…

MAY. 27, 2025 Are you in a stress mess? "What you are doing is not good...You... will only wear yourselves out." Ex 18:17-18 NIV The Bible says: "The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, 'What i…

Brett Fuller

Duke Bendix

MAY. 20, 2025 Who are you depending on? "Without Me you can do nothing." Jn 15:5 NKJV Because God's Spirit lives within you doesn't guarantee His power is at work in your life. God's power is available, but you must plug into it. Jesus associates our spiritual life with a vine and its branches: "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in…

MAY. 19, 2025 Get alone with God (3) "When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it." Ecc 5:4 NIV When the pressures in your life begin to mount, the first thing you will be tempted to drop is your time alone with God, praying and reading His Word. And what's more, Satan knows if he can keep you from it, he has won the battle, and he will …

Brett Fuller

MAY. 13, 2025 Faith is not faith until it is acted upon. "Faith without works is dead." Jas 2:26 Could it be that the negative perception people have of the church stems from the negative energy we project? And could it be that our negative energy stems from our negative view of righteousness? We falsely view righteousness as doing nothing wrong: "…

MAY. 15, 2025 Free from jealousy. "If your heart is full of...jealousy...don't... cover up the truth." Jas 3:14 CEV The Bible says, "People are slaves to whatever has mastered them" (2Pe 2:19 NIV). And that's especially true of jealousy. Chuck Swindoll writes: "Jealousy and envy are often used interchangeably, but there's a difference. Envy begins …

MAY. 16, 2025 Don't lose your passion for God. "Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: 'Passion for God's house will consume me.'" Jn 2:17 NLT Try to imagine the fire in the eyes of Jesus and the flex of His muscles as He turns over the tables of the money changers in the temple. And He does it while wielding a whip He mad…

MAY. 12, 2025 Knowing the season you're in. "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." Ecc 3:1 NKJV Your life's purpose is connected to a specific time and season. In other words, it will have a beginning and an ending. Some of God's purposes can be fulfilled in a short time, while others take a lifetime. You won't al…

MAY. 14, 2025 Have a biblical perspective. "That through the endurance taught in the Scriptures...we might have hope." Ro 15:4 NIV There is a cute story about a girl who left home and went away to college. After her first semester, she emailed her mother, saying, "I think it's time I brought you up to date on what's going on in my life. Shortly aft…

JC Sherrod

Cynthia Fuller

MAY. 7, 2025 Why can't we work together? (4) "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Eph 4:3 NIV A lady told her friend, "My husband and I have a very happy marriage. There's nothing I wouldn't do for him, and there's nothing he wouldn't do for me. And that's the way we go through life-doing nothing for each o…

Why can't we work together? (3). "How good…..it is... to dwell together in unity!" Ps 133:1 NKJV Reason three: temperament. Some people aren't naturally outgoing. When they face challenges, it never occurs to them to enlist other people's help in order to accomplish their goal. When you operate alone, you will achieve a certain amount of success, b…

Try. Try harder. Try longer. "Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Gal 6:9 NKJV One of the greatest predictors of success in any endeavor is persistence. It's not only how hard you try; it's how long you try. We tend to overestimate how much we can accomplish in the short term. And accord…

JC Stephenson