If you’ve had some success, you. may start believing you did it yourself. You may start forgetting how much you need God daily.

After thinking about the psalmist’s outcry to God, I decided I, like him, have a troubling tendency to tell God how to do his work.

Most of the time I can ignore criticism, but the enemy knows when I’m tired, I’m vulnerable to the negativity. But I don’t have to give in to it!

It’s the Fourth of July! Be sure and read yesterday’s post, linked here. Or follow any of these links for an uplifting beginning to your new week.

“God Bless America,” made famous by Kate Smith decades ago, really is a prayer, not a national anthem. Let’s pray the prayer this Independence Day.

When I find myself stuck between my problems and my weaknesses, I do well to imitate King Asa.

We need God at every age, through every stage of our life. But our biggest challenge may be to help the next generation discover that, too.

The more people involved, the greater the chance of forgetting the original mission. Maybe this is why Paul made such a big deal of the mission when he wrote the Corinthians.

“My grace is sufficient for you” threatens not to satisfy in our more-is-better world.

After reading all the ways the Corinthians needed to improve, think about how we can, too.

Our mission in life determines the way we relate to others. That’s one thread tying this week’s posts together. Maybe you’ll see other common themes as you read some of these again. You might choose one or two to share with someone you know!

The wait on earth for heaven seems short for the dying. But all of us are dying. All of us are in the place of in-between. And realizing this is very good.

Where would you rather be: here with your stuff and your friends, or in Heaven with Jesus? You know the “right” answer, but do you believe it?

“We have this treasure in jars of clay.” And that’s exactly the best place for it to reside! Encouragement for anyone feeling fragile today . . .

Sometimes we Christians look more like a whipped team of losers than a triumphant procession following our victorious Savior. Here’s one way to change that.

Add a worker and the work becomes more productive—and complicated. How do we deal with the imperfections all of us bring to the job?

Paul lived and served without pretense or profit. And his example can help us share the gospel today.

Dean wrote about dads this Monday. Share that post — or another from this week with him today!

“I couldn’t decide which sin was worse, and it tied me up in knots.” What a pitiful—and perhaps too typical—condition for the Christian.

Paul reminds people of faith that we can have unshakable hope because of the faithfulness of God. He can and will provide strength and comfort. However, his comfort is not just sympathy and warm feelings. God’s comfort literally provides strength to our very souls.