“Paul prayed for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened. Paul uses enlightened to mean that we will love what God loves. We will see the w

“Our sin deserves God’s wrath and justice, but we don’t need to be fearful when we confess. God’s wrath and justice were poured out on Jesus

“The greatest privilege and highest aim we have is not just to know about God but to know Him better, personally, more intimately. And what

[I will return to Ephesians next week.]   We recently returned from the Big Island of Hawaii. Like last week, our time there reminded me...

God doesn’t just provide a shelter from bad things. He also lavishes us with good things when we run to Him as our refuge.

“Jesus is Lord and Savior. The Ephesians believers knew this. They lived it. They professed it. They were known for it.”

“It is in Christ, by God’s sovereignty and power according to His faithfulness that we have obtained an inheritance.”

We continue the struggle with sin this side of glory, but our sin can never come close to surpassing God’s grace.

Abundant grace. Extravagant grace. Glorious grace. Lavish grace. God doesn’t parcel out meager measures of grace, and His grace never runs o

“God’s glorious grace has blessed us. God has shown us His mercy, grace, love, kindness, and goodness in election and salvation. Our respons

“God may choose to bless us with physical blessings, but the promised, true, immeasurable, inexhaustible, eternal blessings are spiritual bl

“I am just as desperate for God and His grace in my good moments and as in my bad.”

When suffering, we should not rely on ourselves, others, things, or a different set of circumstances. We rely on God. We set our hope on God

We can suffer with hope because we know it is God’s will, His good purpose in our lives for His glory, that we would be conformed more to th

Whatever our affliction, whatever our troubles, God’s Word is our hope, comfort, and life.

David’s heart was troubled, but he believed in his faithful God, his help, and his deliverer.

I’m a planner. I had this week mapped out and things in place for my husband and I to leave Thursday for a 14-day Baltic Sea Cruise to...

God’s Word is unsurpassed, unmatched, and unrivaled. Can we say with the psalmist, “The law of your mouth is better to me than anything else

God’s Word is his hope, comfort, encouragement, strength, and life because it is God’s very words breathed out.

Last week, we completed our journey through James. I would like to take one more week in James to look back, reflect, and hide the truths...