"Unless a kernel of wheat is planted... it remains alone."     John 12:24 NLTJesus said, "Unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce a stalk...  Read More

"I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally."    Philippians 3:10 MSGOne pastor tells of a lady who was battling a weight problem. She had tried just about every diet there wa...  Read More

"The Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land."    Jonah 2:10 NKJVSome folks question the story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale and living to tell about it. Here are two reasons ...  Read More

"We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ."    2 Corinthians 5:10Paul writes: "We make it our aim... to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,...  Read More

"Let you speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt."     Colossians 4:6 NKJVThe Chinese Christian leader Watchman Nee devoted a chapter in his book The Normal Christian Worker to watching what y...  Read More

"All things come from You, and of Your own we have given You."    1 Chronicles 29:14 NKJVGenerous people are always comfortable talking about money, and they are even more comfortable giving it. Self-...  Read More

"Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you."   Psalm 55:22 AMPCAfter preaching about taking our worries to God in prayer, a lady approached the great preacher G...  Read More

"We are... heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ."     Romans 8:16-17 NKJVWhen our favorite sports team wins, we say, "We won!" What do you mean "we?" You weren't on the field. You didn't get tackl...  Read More

"New things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them"    Isaiah 42:9 NKJVThe same people who declared Jephthah "persona non grata" were the same ones who turned to him for help when they...  Read More

"Prove by the way you live that you have... turned to God."     Matthew 3:8 NLTWhen Israel's leaders turned to Jephthah for help, they were in distress and wanted to "use" him.  So Jephthah said, in e...  Read More

"Jephthah... was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of  a harlot."     Judges 11:1 NKJVJephthah was the illegitimate son of a man called Gilead. His mother was a prostitute. He grew up in the h...  Read More

"You must grow in... grace."     2 Peter 3:18 NLTHow do we overcome past hurts in relationships? How do two people combine separate and unique perspectives to create a satisfying and loving relationsh...  Read More