This is a great verse to give us encouragement! However it's easy to ask why bad things still happen to good people? I give an answer I heard that I think is fantastic. Here's an example of mine following in line with the one I heard; I asked God for me to understand the love He has for me and He gave me children.

As Christians we can be thankful that we don't have to make ourselves worthy of Christ before we come to him. We can come as we are and be made new! You could maybe even say come as you "were" in anticipation of the change that takes place in Christ!

No matter what our circumstances are in life, we should always work as though we are working for the Lord. Yes, even when it seems you can do nothing right or when you can do nothing wrong! If you work knowing he provides you with the skills as well as the task to accomplish, you can find joy in your heart while completing your work day!

On election day it's important to remember how blessed we are in this country to have the opportunity to vote for who represents us and give them authority to rule. More importantly, that God ultimately gives governing authority and the that we should respect it. Hopefully the winners today will in turn respect God's true authority and give him the glory!

This Psalm talks about struggling and not understanding why, but turns it around in verse 5 to be thankful and trusting in the Lord. Not always an easy thing to do!

Life still has plenty of struggles when you are a Christian. It's good to know we can put on the full armor of God when we take our stand against the schemes and traps of the devil!

Sometimes it can be difficult knowing how to pray. These verses are the example of how Jesus himself says we should pray! Can't go wrong following his example!

A new daily verse and prayer to help us draw closer to God. On day 1, we are starting with probably the most well know verse in the Bible, John 3:16.

We often as a church take part in Communion and sometimes we just treat it as another part of the service. Let's take a look at it, the different times it's mentioned and never forget the sacrifice that it represents!

Jesus preformed countless miracles while he was here on earth. However, these miracles weren't only accompanied by his powerful words. They also involved the faith of the people who received them. In fact, in Matthew and Mark, it mentions how Jesus was amazed at their lack faith and didn't or couldn't do many miracles there. Let's try to amaze Jesus with the amount of faith we have and not our lack of faith!