This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ. — Philippians 1:9–10 NIV Faith is not a mindless leap into the unknown that’s too hard for us to fathom. Faith enables reason to go beyond its human limitations. But faith is not a simple result … Read entire article »

The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. — 1 Peter 5:10 KJV Have you ever thought life might be easier if you could be someone else altogether? Here’s one woman’s fantasy for her own identity change: she’d like to be a bear. Her reasons? •  If you are a bear you get to hibernate; … Read entire article »

God, your God, chose you out of all the people on Earth for himself as a cherished, personal treasure. — Deuteronomy 7:6 (MSG) No one wants to be overlooked, ignored, or discounted in any way, but I don’t believe there is anyone on earth who has not felt the sting of rejection. If rejections happen to us often enough, the inevitable assumption is that we aren’t good enough, lovable enough, or smart enough to be included. We … Read entire article »