✨ Verse of the Day
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
— Matthew 11:28 (NLT)
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3 Steps to Turn Failures to Successes
An F can serve as the foundation for an A+. Babe Ruth, Robert Frost, Oprah, Winston Churchill, and many others, including you and me, have something in common. Failure has been a part of the life experience. Perhaps some on the list have reached great success, but it has not occurred overnight. It has taken…
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Feel Like a Failure?
Failure comes and goes. It has happened to us all. No one likes it, and it is not one of life’s enjoyable experiences. It hurts, it is painful, and it is a part of everyone’s life. It is failure. One stumble does not break or define a person. Some of history’s most successful people have…
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5 Tips for Building a Firm Foundation
Firm foundations survive storms. There seems to be no shortage of storms in the world right now. Glance at the headlines, and you will soon discover storms coming at us from all directions. COVID19, personal safety being at risk, and the like are causing storms. While it may be a particularly stormy time, storms are…
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Love Endures
Love conquers all. Dear Hate by Maren Morris is a powerful reminder of hate’s grip and love’s conquering power. The battle between hate and love has existed since Adam and Eve were in the garden. The disgusting work of hate ensnares us, but love has the power to conquer everything. Love conquers the divides between…
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One Promise
Many People, Same Promise They came from a variety of backgrounds and places. Some were of Jewish descent while others shared a different heritage. Some were poor and could barely make ends meet while others had plenty of wealth. They lived in different locations and celebrated different cultures. They were a diverse people, but they…
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Unity
The labor of unity. Intending to raise cattle, a New York family purchased a ranch in Kansas. They could not agree on the name of the ranch, and when a family friend visited, the would-be rancher explained the disagreement. “I wanted to name the ranch the Barr J, my wife favored the Susie Q, one…
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Coming Together
Harmony brings joy, refreshment, and well-being. The worshipers of the Lord in David’s day had some differences. They came from different parts of the country, they descended from different tribes or were immigrants to Israel, and they did not all look exactly the same. With all these differences, they did have common ground. They traveled…
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God’s Word has benefits
Psalm 119:89-176 offers many benefits of following God’s Word. Following God’s word offers many benefits, and Psalm 119 lists many of them for us. God’s Word is eternal. Verse 89 reminds us God’s Word stands firm in Heaven. When everything else is gone and nothing else can be considered secure, we can count on the…
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Benefits of God’s Word
Psalm 119:1-88 gives benefits of God’s Word. There are many benefits to God’s Word. Here are a few listed in Psalm 119:1-88. God’s Word gives us wise advice. Psalm 119:24 says, “Your laws please me; they give me wise advice.” There’s advice on every topic. God’s Word encourages us. When we are in need of…
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Finding Our Way
Psalm 119 suggests storing up God’s Word. In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and a team of explorers set out from England to do something no one before had accomplished, cross Antarctica from one side to the other across the South Pole. Disaster struck when the team’s ship became entrapped in ice and the hull was…
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