And I'm going to keep that celebration going because I know how it's going to turn out. Through your faithful prayers and the generous response of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, everything he wants to do in and through me will be done. I can hardly wait to continue on my...

And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with...

The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14 (NIV)  Tori's ninth birthday is today and the word is she just couldn't go to sleep last night. The cat was on the bed, the cat wanted out, the cat scratched at the door; these...

Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. And they sang in a mighty chorus:    “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength...

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. Hebrews 12:1 (NLT)...

The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases. Proverbs 21:1 (NLT)  A friend sent a link to a geography quiz of the Middle East and surrounding countries. It encompassed North Africa and all the "stans" on the...