Do you have some really good friends, the kind who build your faith and encourage you in the Lord? I hope so. Those good friends are not in your life by accident. You have a responsibility to them. In Proverbs 17:17 we read, “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for […]

Many times God puts people into our lives who have a need that we can meet. First Thessalonians 5:14b says, “Warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.” You know, there are many people who are timid and shy, and we need to be sensitive to […]

No one is in your life by accident. That’s a phrase I often repeat to myself to remind me that every person in my life is important and God placed them there for some reason. For example, your parents are not an accident. For me, that’s very easy to say because God gave me wonderful […]

No one is in your life by accident. Do you believe that? Well, the Bible says, “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm139:16b). And there are many other passages that teach us that God orders our steps and has a plan for our […]

All of us who are followers of Jesus Christ, who call him Lord and have accepted him as our Savior, should see all of our lives as sacred. We are called to be ambassadors for Jesus, and if we go to our jobs with that understanding, we will truly be salt and light in what […]

Are you struggling with your past—maybe one of abuse and injustice; or a past of wrong choices and a sinful lifestyle? I want to encourage you to know that you don’t have to live the rest of your life shackled by your past. Jesus said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will […]

The Apostle Paul writes In Philippians 3:12-14 that he forgets what is behind in order to press on toward the goal God has called him to. One reason Paul could put his past behind him was that he knew he was forgiven and that God had put his past behind him. I can imagine that […]

How do you put your past behind you? The Apostle Paul wrote that he was forgetting what was behind and straining to the goal in front of him. So, obviously he was learning how to put his past behind him. Now, think about what was behind Paul. A life of rebellion against Christ when he […]

Do you really want to put your past behind you—whatever it takes? So many people are plagued with their pasts, and certainly God does not want his people to live that way. Are you willing to admit you are in some ways a slave to that past? Have you come to the point where you […]

What is it in your past that plagues you and haunts you and depresses you and keeps you in bondage? There are principles and strategies from God’s Word that will help you put your past behind you. Whatever it is, whatever has happened to you, whatever you have done, our God is so awesome, so […]