"This day is holy."     Nehemiah 8:9The word holiday comes from the Old English word haligdoeg, which means "holy day." So, when Nehemiah announced, "This day is holy," he was declaring a celebration;...  Read More

"I am like an evergreen tree, yielding my fruit to you throughout the year."     Hosea 14:8 TLBThe word "celebrate" means to rejoice, delight in, revel, and appreciate. Jack Hayford writes: "There is ...  Read More

"Good news... great joy for all the people."     Luke 2:10 NIVFor many people Christmas is filled with dread instead of delight. Author Jon Walker writes this: "I'm sitting in a fast food restaurant o...  Read More

"He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with nothing."     Luke 1:53 NCVNorman Vincent Peale tells of a man and his son who were Christmas shopping when a homeless man approa...  Read More

"Every detail works to your advantage and to God's glory."     2 Corinthians 4:15 MSGIf you're going through a difficult time right now, let Paul's words encourage you. "Surrounded and battered by tro...  Read More

"I have finished the race."     2 Timothy 4:7 NKJVSeneca the Younger said, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." As you read in Scripture about the people God used to accomplish g...  Read More

"He had this testimony, that he pleased God."     Hebrews 11:5 NKJVWhen you grow up with rejection, it can manifest itself in a need to isolate and withdraw or in a drive to constantly "prove yourself...  Read More

"The servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart."     Ephesians 6:6The word "servant" can have a negative connotation, but not in this Scripture. Knowing how pressures and people distra...  Read More

"Turn back to me... ask for help, and I will answer your prayers."    Jeremiah 29:12 CEVBecause they disobeyed God, the Jews spent seventy years as slaves in Babylon. They lost their joy, their freedo...  Read More

"Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law."     Psalms 119:18 NIVThe key to Bible study is to do it daily, systematically, and prayerfully. The psalmist prayed, "Open my eyes that I ma...  Read More

"For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work."    James 3:16When a well-known pastor was asked by a skeptic, "Do you believe there is such a thing as a real devil?" he smil...  Read More

"My words are plain to anyone with understanding."     Proverbs 8:9 NLTKing Solomon wrote: "Everything I say is right, for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception. My advice is wholesome....  Read More