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Oh, grow up! Have you ever had that said to you? Probably. In a nice tone of voice? Probably not. But God says it nicely. Paul said it nicely. Peter said it nicely. “We are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ” (Ephesians 4:15). “Long for the pure…

“O Lord, please give me patience. And give it to me right now!” This would be funnier if I hadn’t actually done that. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit. As we grow as Christians, we grow in “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). So … being impatient about not being…

Q. Why, God? Why? A. [silence] Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist who survived Nazi concentration camps, wrote Man’s Search for Meaning. He said those who survived had to have a future goal, an aim, a purpose. “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.” But Christians are told not only to endure trials…

What are you going to do today? Is your God-given work on your list? “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).  1. God prepared good works for us to do,  AND  2. God prepared us to do…

“Christ gives last knocks.”* He says: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me” (Rev 3:20). That verse is often used in evangelism. In context, though, it was Christ’s message to…

Hard times come for each of us. We have a choice how to interpret those difficulties and we have a choice how to respond. If we can see God’s love behind, through and in front of the event, we are much more apt to respond in a way that honors Him. If we can see…

The secret of life is “One thing. Just one thing … stick to that and everything else don’t mean s—.” That’s Curly’s advice to Mitch in the movie City Slickers. But Curly told Mitch he had to figure out the one thing himself. Fortunately, the Bible has a lot to say about the secret of life.…

Are you satisfied where you are in your Christian walk? Me neither. We have good company: Paul wasn’t satisfied either. Paul says he forgot what was behind and pressed forward to what was ahead (Philippians 3:14). That is what we need to do also. This website is dedicated to pressing on: finding hope ahead, forgetting…