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The iconic Nike slogan: “Just Do It,” has a crazy back story. The advertising firm that came up with the slogan was inspired by the last words of an infamous murderer, Gary Gilmore. As he faced the...

How awesome is it that the God of the universe delights in us and is always there to hear our every prayer? Prayer is how we communicate our needs and desires to God. Of course, God being...

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will...

“He has made everything beautiful in its time…” -Ecclesiastes 3:11 “Kintsugi”, maybe you’ve heard of it? It literally means “Golden Repair”. Japanese artists will take broken or cracked vessels and...

I grew up in the church but never paid attention or had any interest in going to church. I heard the name Jesus in Sunday school, but I had no idea that He was God incarnate or anything about Him...

When we awaken each day, we can come expecting good things. Today is the day you can start believing something good is going to happen to you. Why? Because God is working in your life right now, and...

“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another,...

For 9 years straight, the word “whatever” has been voted the most annoying word in America according to a yearly poll put out by Marist College. 9 years in a row! I’d like to attempt to redeem that...

A spirit of revival is breaking out in a Christian college in Asbury, Kentucky. On February 8, the service at Asbury University ended with a benediction and a song by the choir, but the students...

“He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a STAFF -no bread, no bag, no money in their belts” -Mark 6:8 I recently heard multiple pastors and theologians explain the use of the staff...

As we awaken each day, it’s like a reboot. As we wake up, we can start thanking God for all the blessings in our lives. During our morning prayer call, on our church conference call, Peggy shared...

Increasingly it’s become unpopular or even unacceptable to pray publicly in America. Our public schools want nothing of prayer in the schools, despite the fact that right up until 1962, it was the...

“For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.” Proverbs 24:16 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness,...

John 3:16 For God so loved the world he gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 1 John 3:1 See what great love God has for us that we should be...

Let’s begin with a bit of Christmas trivia: Did you know “Jingle Bells” was originally a song written for Thanksgiving and not Christmas? Thurl Ravenscroft is the vocalist for the Christmas classic,...

He was voted “Fighter of the Decade” for the 1990’s. He held World Championship Belts in multiple weight classes and disciplines. In short, this guy was A BEAST! His name is Frank Shamrock. I know...

Thanksgiving is so much more than turkey and football. When you praise and thank God, you invite God's glory and presence into your heart and into the room. Jesus's words in Isaiah 61:3: "Put on a...

“…the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.”   Proverbs 24:16 Vinko Bogataj, you don’t realize it, but if you're 40 years of age or older, you...

Joy is the birthright of every child of God!! I will always remember the pure joy that filled me the day I prayed a simple prayer of faith. It was the day I received Jesus as my Lord and my Savior....

1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3...