All of creation is content to be what it was made to be, except man. Fish flourish in water. Ants are not depressed about their size; they are productive, building massive colonies. We waste time aiming at the bull's-eye on someone else's board, pursuing a race we were never equipped…

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. John 16:33, NKJV  You may wonder, How can I ever have peace in light of everything I am going through? The strife in the world, your conflicts with others, and the stresses of life make gaining…

Freedom’s future rests on the shoulders of bold people who will not be silent about truth and the absolute principles upon which it stands. As a Christian I believe the future of our freedom depends upon true believers waking up and standing up like New Testament Christians. In the early…

The Romans created a brutal empire that conquered other nations, states, and people groups at will. They imposed their imperial cult as they built roads throughout the ancient world and spread their culture for thousands of miles. When they would invade the land, they would set up a Roman outpost…

Just before school started up for James in the late summer of 2013, we crawled into bed early one night. It had been a full few weeks since Katherine had the painful screws from her broken leg surgery removed, and we had just returned from a wonderful weekend of ministry…

To condition yourself to be happy, you must possess a grateful spirit. Expressing gratitude magnifies our happiness and brings us more happiness.  Most people don't get thanked. There are so many invisible people running in and out of our lives, providing services we take for granted, and they never get…

When James and I found deliverance from the strongholds in our lives, we still had to learn the importance of standing together against Satan's schemes, because when God removed those strongholds, there was an empty place that had to be filled with something. The Bible says, "When an evil spirit…

I've come to the place where I have had to stop telling people, "I'll pray for you." I simply know that despite my good intentions – and these promises are almost always spoken with good intent – I know that nine times out of ten I just don't remember to…

This weekend marks one of the most tragic and triumphant moments in human history. On a hill shaped like a skull, the Son of God hung on a cross between two thieves. Satan surely thought he was witnessing God’s greatest defeat, but he was witnessing his own ultimate destruction and…

The most important words in both the Lord's prayer and Psalm 23 are the first few, four in the Lord's prayer and three in Psalm 23. "Our father who art..." In other words, "Our father who is..." The Twenty-third Psalm begins with basically the same grand truth: "The Lord is..."…