I just got done reading an email I wrote during my junior year of high school. In my 18 years of life, this was one of the most important emails...
"... encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all" (1 Thessalonians 5:14 ESV)
The last few weeks have been very tough ...
I remember it vividly. It was a warm summer afternoon. I was enjoying a nice leisurely bike ride around my neighborhood. Wanting some adventure, ...
“For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies” (Psalm 108:4 NIV).
Over the weekend I had the awe...
"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15-16 ES...
After a peaceful night of sleep you awaken to the abrupt noise of your alarm. Startled and disoriented, you hit the snooze button and pull the wa...
"You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world" (1 John 4:4...
“I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me” (John 10:14 ESV)
I want you to think about a famous person who you absolu...
A little over a year ago, moths started taking over our kitchen pantry. They got into our food and started multiplying like crazy. It was truly ...
This past weekend I celebrated my 18th birthday with friends and family. As it would turn out, my birthday was the day after our basketball state...
"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace" (Ephesians 1:7 NIV).
J...
"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says" (James 1:22 ESV)
We are called to action. We are meant to live...
I remember when I first started performing card tricks at my older brother’s basketball games. I would walk over to the opposing team’s stands an...
“But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good por...
“I have hidden your word in my heart. . .” (Psalm 119:11 NIV)
My fourth grade teacher, Mr. Davis, was one of the best teachers I ever had. ...
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11 ESV...
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV)
Growing up, I would h...
“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so” (Psalm 107:2 ESV)
Awhile back I enrolled in a SAT prep class at a public school. It was a 2 hour clas...
"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” ...
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14 ESV).
God is the creator of the world and ...