"Elijah was... as human as we are."    James 5:17 CEVElijah got so "down" that he was ready to end it all. And it happened on the heels of his greatest victory. He had just called down fire from heave...  Read More

"God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him."     Philippians 2:13 CEVThe engine in your car is its power source, and it's activated when you put the car in gear. Only then do you ...  Read More

"I will gladly spend myself and all I have for you."     2 Corinthians 12:15 NLTHelping people brings great fulfillment. When you spend your day serving others,  you can lay your head down at night an...  Read More

"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