"Don't begin until you count the cost."                    Luke 14:28 NLTReality is the difference between what you wish for--and what is.  If you're a naturally optimistic person you may find it diff...  Read More

"He is not far from each one of us."               Acts  17:27 NKJVThe Bible says God "is not far from each one of us!"  God does not play favorites.  From the masses on the city avenues to the isolat...  Read More

"The Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding."      Proverbs 2:6 NIVPersonal growth involves four things: (1) Environment.  You must place yourself in a setting that fosters...  Read More

"Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding."           Proverbs 3:13 NIVHere are three reasons we don't experience personal growth: (1) We think it comes strictly from experience...  Read More

"The body is not made up of one part but many."                 1 Corinthians 12:14 NIVYou cannot determine your spiritual gift any more than you can determine your eye color.  The Holy Spirit gives u...  Read More

"We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us."                           Romans 12:6 NIVDon't say, "I'm of no use to God," or "I'm not needed in the church," or "There's no way...  Read More

"The same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills."          1 Corinthians 12:11 NKJVThe Bible says, "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit" (v. ...  Read More

"With the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."         1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJVGod's plan for turning temptation into triumph is not to "endure" temptation, b...  Read More

"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man."               1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJVIs there a particular temptation that's constantly meeting and beating you at every turn?  God ...  Read More

"The Lord God will help Me; therefore I will not be disgraced; therefore I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed."                     Isaiah 50:7 NKJVPrize fighter Jame...  Read More

"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he."                           Proverbs 23:7It was a long hard road that took the Chandler family out of the cotton fields and out of poverty in Mississippi.  A...  Read More

"Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them."              Romans 12:6 NKJVThe Bible teaches that God gives each of us certain gifts, and the grace to use ...  Read More