Words of Life

In a dungeon in Rome, facing imminent execution, the apostle Paul wrote: "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what shall I choose I cannot tell. For I am…

Forgiveness brings freedom. I choke up when I think about the depth of forgiveness God has given me. I was a sinner, born into sin. I turned into someone who, for all intents and purposes, I probably shouldn't have become. I was raised pretty well in a good, loving family…

This is probably one of the most difficult aspects of being a woman, or a Christian for that matter, we will ever encounter: we cannot do anything apart from Christ. Yes, I know you may have been told you can do anything you set your mind to; you may have…

That morning, I took a leap of faith and trusted God to provide what I did not have. My joy reserves were at an all-time low, but if I offered them to God, perhaps like fishes and loaves, he could grant me a full belly and feed 4,999 others at…

The ultimate motivation for all Christians is love – love for God and for others. But love is not just a feeling or an emotion. Love actually looks like something. Jesus gave us a picture of what it looks like when He said, "Greater love has no one than this,…

Do you know why most of us don't experience miracles? It's because we never put ourselves in situations that necessitate one! We comfort the grieving instead of calling people out of the tomb. But if we took a few more risks, we might see a few more miracles! And that's…

"I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves." – Harriet Tubman  In order for anyone to truly heal, we need to let God reveal the truth about the root of each issue we struggle with. The truth about ourselves…

Andy McQuitty is the senior pastor of the Irving Bible Church in Irving, Texas. During his battle with stage 4 cancer, he wrote about the things he learned from his "valley" of suffering. He shares them in his book Notes from the Valley and with James and Betty this Tuesday…

This story opens with the scribes and Pharisees leveling a test at Jesus’ feet. Jesus sat in the women’s court of the temple, teaching the people. Seeking to entrap Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees burst into the women’s court and threw a married (or betrothed) woman before Him. They “caught”…

No matter where you are on your journey, and whether you can sense the restorative power of the Lord or not, your story is not over. When Cyd was growing up, struggling with feelings of inferiority and uncertainty because her father was not around, she couldn't imagine that she would…