Peter encourages us…be ready to defend the hope within us. This assumes two things. One, that others can see that we live a life of hope. Two, that we can defend it in such a way that we make Jesus known to those who are looking for Him. This isn’t a call for massive Bible…

Life comes at us fast…and hard, and often with enough force and determination to knock hope right out of us. When we feel hope slipping, there’s always an answer in the word of God to reconnect us to that place we first believed, when we know that with God, “all things are possible.”

Life happens, and sometime we are going to find our back against the wall with no way out except by the power of God. When we find ourselves in these unthinkable places, hope in God’s promise will help us overcome the odds, moving us from agony to victory.

When we consider all the powerful things God has provided for us, most of us don’t rush to put hope on the top of the list. In fact, most days, hope just seems to cause us trouble, especially when it helps us create expectations that don’t get met. However, hope is so much stronger than…

Don’t hate the word religion…it’s Biblical. What is not Biblical is letting the routines and disciplines of our Christian walk replace our genuine relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We may look like we are living a godly life on the outside, but inside we may have cut off the power of God from flowing…

It shouldn’t surprise us that Our God, who exists individually and collectively as three separate entities and yet one, would make us as social as He is. It also shouldn’t surprise us that most of the challenges we will face in our lives will happen through people. The great news is that God knows that…

A medical team researching human emotion determined that we are able to experience over 34,000 different emotional responses. With all of that capacity to feel, is it any mystery why we often allow emotion to lead us? Adding depth and flavor to our lives, we need receive emotions for what they are…and prevent them from…

Everyday, our brain is sent millions of messages to process…and some of them are incredible. However, if we want to walk in the full blessing of God in our lives, we have to become very intentional about our thoughts. If they line up with the word of God, chances are that our life will line…

When we realize our heart is overwhelmed with the poisons all around us, the first place to detoxify is our soul. Fortunately for us, Jesus knows exactly what our world is like and He has the perfect threefold remedy to let Him come in, clear the clutter, and invite us home to our heart.

Our faith comes alive as we begin to respond to God’s promise in our lives with action. Many times, there is nothing more powerful for us than to stand up…to stop sitting on the sidelines, to stop cowering in the corners, and to simply let God’s presence in us be known. Act up…stand!