Every day you can choose joy, regardless of your circumstances. What habits, routines, and rhythms can you put into place to take control and win the day?

The Church is God’s plan A to accomplish his mission in the world—to reach every broken, hurting, and lost person. What’s at stake when we (the Church) drift from that mission?

Complaining…it happens to the best of us. When people spend time with you—what do they expect to hear? Everything you’re upset about? Or how—even when life is hard—God’s got a plan.

Culture has gradually drifted away from God—and the divide continues to grow. Consider this: are you drifting along with culture or are you intentionally pursuing God?

Drifting from God can be so subtle you hardly notice it. Less time in prayer, Scripture, church—small drifts that create big shifts in your life. Here’s the great news, getting back to that close relationship with God is just a few intentional steps away.

Where does relational drift happen? Between friends, colleagues, dating relationships, parenting relationships, marriage. And often we’re so busy we don’t notice the drift happening. Stop. Let’s start heading in the other direction.

Here’s something shocking: Christ isn’t actually Jesus’ last name. But the really shocking part is what “Christ” means. No other name in history has carried such a big promise—or been able to deliver on it.

We live in a world of comparison. Who has the most followers? Biggest house? Best-paying job? Jesus doesn’t measure worth by the same standards. When he says, “the first will be last,” he invites us to find our value in what he did for us, not what we can do for ourselves.

Believing that God can do anything takes faith. And when you’re in the depths of the tough stuff, that’s hard to hold on to. But looking back on the ways he’s carried you through in the past can help you believe that “even when I can’t, God can.”

Saying “yes” can mean stepping into the unknown—are you going to find success or disappointment? When you decide to follow Jesus, it means leaving your old life behind. But on the other side of that “yes” is a life much bigger than you could dream up on your own.