Experts agree on a few things we can do to eat healthier. Here are four tips you can put into practice this week: 1. Eat Real Food – Eat or drink what grows on the planet – seed and herb bearing fruits and juices, vegetables, beans, nuts, seeds, sprouted whole grains,…
Read MoreSpend any amount of time watching the news or scrolling through the newsfeed on social media and you’ll see our nation has great needs. As we celebrate our independence this July, let us use our freedom to do what matters most. Let us pray. Let us pray for our Nation…
Read MoreIn the course of every basketball game, the coach calls for a timeout for a lot of different reasons. In a remarkably similar way, God calls us to take a timeout! He is serious about the Sabbath. Jesus modeled taking a timeout and told us the Sabbath was made for…
Read MoreThis is the story of a girl who is often lost but always found…. When I was a little girl, around age five or six, my family and I were traveling and we stopped at a gas station. I was a curious kid filled with wonder, so everything was an…
Read MoreIt’s the most destructive force in life. There isn’t even a close second. It influences every decision and is the number one vice in the world. What is it? Pride. Simply put, pride is an unhealthy preoccupation with self. So this week we want to challenge you to say “No”…
Read MoreI saw the fork in the road beginning to form and knew I had to make a choice. Should I put a smile on my face, hope and pray no one would ask me, “where’s your husband?” and isolate? Or should I do what I tell everyone else to…
Read MoreJesus was known as a friend of sinners. It was meant as a criticism of his character, but we think he may have viewed it as a compliment. Jesus’ longest recorded conversation during his time on earth is with a troubled woman. We never learn her name, but know her…
Read MoreIf there was a gangster in the Bible, it was probably Zacchaeus. He and his henchmen were responsible for a lot of pain and heartache. Through the story of his encounter with Jesus, we see who Jesus is. Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. There was a…
Read MoreThose jeans are everything! That purse is everything! That kiss was everything! These chocolate truffles are everything! We all have special areas of interest that are “everything” to us, but there is only ONE who deserved that title. It’s Jesus! Jesus is everything! Everything comes from him; Everything happens through…
Read MoreIn Mark 4:35 Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” I wondered as I read that chapter what was on that other side? What would the other side look like in my life? Recently I received a phone call from a high school friend…
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