You have a self to live with. A lot of people don’t want to get out of bed because they don’t like themselves. You’ve got to discover who you are and be happy with yourself. You can’t live somebody else’s life. You can only live...
“Listen carefully to my words; let your ears take in what I say…” Luke 9:44 This bible quote encourages us to find a place of tranquility where we can take in God’s Word and take out God’s strength! In the hectic day to day race that most...
The wonderful facts of Christianity raise us from nobody to somebody, from simple to wise, from weak to courageous. These unmatched facts become living realities in a person when that person hears and chooses to believe them. What makes us like God and not like...
The story is told of a man who purchased passage on a cruise liner for himself and his family, paying the full fare for their grand adventure across the ocean. Each day he and his family huddled in their quiet little berth consuming the sparse provisions...
Millions of people around the globe today, perhaps even billions, celebrate this Christmas Christ who lives in the heart. This Christmas season, in whatever situation you find yourself, remember—Christmas is not a brightly decorated, commercial season, but it is rather a moment of time when God...
Christmas to me is about peace at home, with family and in Christ! I remember that the glory of Christmas is the glory of a story with eternal value that never wanes. I am mindful of the greatest gift of all—Jesus Christ! God, who loved us...
Some time ago we held a Tent Festival in Karaganda (Kazakhstan), and I preached about healing based on Matthew 18:19: “Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my...
“Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.” —John Henry Jowett When we moved to Russia in the early 90’s it was a very grey place. I remember the heaviness...
Almost 400 years ago, during the fall months of 1621, a resilient band of Pilgrims and the native Wampanoag tribe gathered to celebrate the colony's first successful harvest. When that first thanksgiving meal was served by on the Eastern shores of America, the Pilgrims had already...
How do we cultivate forgiveness? Renee Napier certainly knows how. Her daughter, Meagan, was a drunken-driver accident victim. Eric Smallridge was intoxicated when the vehicle he was driving struck another, instantly killing Meagan and her friend Lisa, both 20 years old. Renee knows the incomprehensible grief...