We think we have to choose between being happy and pleasing God. Check out what Jesus had to say about that.

We all daydream about a trouble-free life made possible by something: a dream job, house, car, spouse, child, family, or pile of money. But what if no thing can make us happy?

As we think, so we live. God created you as unique, precious, and awesome in his sight. You are his masterpiece, and the choice to believe that about yourself could lead to the greatest fresh start ever.

Our culture’s obsession with finding happiness generally centers around us and getting what we want. The irony is that God has designed us to find true and lasting joy through the decision to love and serve others.

When we give others a fresh start, it has the effect of giving us one, too.

The key principle operating behind any fresh start is that we reap what we sow. Long obedience in the same direction doesn’t seem like much at the time, but is a sure way to eventually see results.

Jesus said he came to give life, and life to the full. How do we find that full life?

Jesus came to bring God’s kingdom into this world, but that advance wasn’t welcomed by everyone… namely the current ruler of the kingdom of this world.Until we see how God’s kingdom is a threat to the kingdoms of this world, we haven’t truly understood the nature of what it means to follow Jesus into his kingdom.

It’s tempting to think Jesus made a random entrance into this world. But what’s crazy is how perfectly positioned in the course of history Jesus appeared to rescue the world God desired to save.

On Christmas night, God went to extraordinary lengths to make sure every single person understood that the Savior of the world was born for them. Jesus wasn’t just here for people with riches, power, or significance. He came for the last, the least, the lost, and the sinful too.