"A man shall leave his father and mother."       Matthew 19:5 NKJVLetting go of our children is one of the toughest phases in parenting.  Erma Bombeck compared it to flying a kite.  "Mom and dad run d...  Read More

"It is finished."       John 19:30 NIVOne of Christ's last declarations from the cross was, "It is finished."  That phrase comprises just one word in Greek, tetelestai, meaning "paid in full."  It was...  Read More

"I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins."      Jeremiah 31:34 NLTHave you ever watched children playing with an Etch A Sketch?  If they make a mess of the picture,...  Read More

"He canceled the record of the charges against us."      Colossians 2:14 NLTJesus "canceled the record of the charges against us...by nailing it to the cross."  The word "cancel" means to remove, to n...  Read More

"He alone decides which gift each person should have."      1 Corinthians 12:11 NLTIn Scripture, the church is never described as a democracy.  Certainly every person deserves equal treatment in terms...  Read More

"All things are possible to him who believes."       Mark 9:23 NKJVOne day a distraught father came to Jesus and said, "My son...frequently...falls into the fire and...the water...I brought him to You...  Read More

"The slingers surrounded and attacked it."       2 Kings 3:25 NKJVIn Old Testament times, "slingers" were people who enjoyed going around blocking other people's well by throwing mud and rocks into th...  Read More

"When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way."   Psalm 142:3Perhaps I shouldn't have agreed to join Brian on a run. I was in a foreign country, and I had no idea where or how...  Read More

"You are all one in Christ Jesus."     Galatians 3:28 NKJVIn order to have a clique, you must exclude certain people. And to feel excluded hurts deeply. David experienced it: "The one who shared my fo...  Read More

"Seek peace and pursue it."     1 Peter 3:11 NKJVRead these Scriptures: "Purpose peace with all people" (Hebrews 12:14 NKJV). "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, will...  Read More

"Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty."     Proverbs 20:13 NKJVZig Ziglar said, "When you do what you need to do when you need to do it, then... you can do what you want to do when you want to ...  Read More

"I am writing to you, dear children."    1 John 2:12 NIVJohn says, "I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name" (v. 12 NIV). When you're born again...  Read More