The suggestion is to leave whatever we are doing and come. (Psalm 95:1)

Skillful living: Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.

The challenge is to take the whole counsel of God and fit it together as a giant puzzle.

Moses: Here I am.
Joshua: What do you have for me?
Mary: I’m your servant.

You are royalty! Not forgotten. You are valuable to God.

Jesus meets us when we step out in faith and work through the barriers to accomplish what he has put in our hearts to do.

Let us be proactive in spreading the word as His witnesses to share His magnificence.

Prayerfully engage with God to do something big. See if He is good for His promise to multiply your efforts 30, 60, 100X, or even 5000.

The more we long for Jesus — to know him intimately and love him fully—the more we are deeply satisfied. And the more we want others to find that same joy.

After the darkness, despair is turned to delight after we turn the page to the resurrection of Matthew 28. There is a dazzling display of power ending never.

How can we have the mind of Christ in these turbulent times?

The hints for effective living are already within us. God’s will for us, his direction for us, generally has more to do with what gives us new life in Him, what energizes us and what gives us delight. It pays to pay attention!

PSA normally stands for Public Service Announcement. It is an acronym to remember as we walk the earth each day: Pray, Scan, Ask.

The decision to accept an assignment to disciple the nations is a transaction between you as a Christ-follower and the Holy Spirit.

Only when we are prepared to die, are we really prepared to live.

When you find yourself doubting that you can impact eternity remind yourself that God is competent to fulfill the dream he has planted in you.

For Esau it was the lure of short-term gain of the flesh, the here-and-now, and immediate comfort over the long-term joy God has promised as was the perspective of Jacob.

Many have pursued their mission and vision and have seen the Lord multiply their efforts 30, 60 and 100-fold. It leads to great joy!

The more God responds to our requests to be used by Him, the more likely it is that our faith will be increased so our next request will be even bigger.

We have been created for a global purpose—called to participate on the front lines of this mission.

God is so anxious to bless you that He will find any excuse to do so.

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. (Col 3:23-24)

There are things that only another doctor can understand about the real life of being a doctor. There are things that only a mother or a teacher can understand about those roles. In the same way, only another missionary can really understand the life of a missionary....

According to James, Elijah was a man with a nature like ours. He prayed earnestly and God responded.

When difficult things come into our lives, it is not because they have snuck by God. He was not distracted or sleeping and thus, missed something.

“But,” you may say, “the problems of the world, at home and abroad, are too great. What can one person do?” Every effective Bible character started with small steps. Start small but think big.

Spiritual life is a miracle of God as He births new life into those that receive Him. It is not too much of a stretch for us to see the miracle of our awareness that we are not our own, but the Lord’s.