Obedience to what Jesus tells us is foundational to our ability to experience his joy and the fruit of the spirit that flows to us and in us as we abide in Christ.

God will keep his promises every time and every day of our journey.

Strive to continue to grow in your understanding of Jesus and your obedience to him.

With God even mountains can be moved.

Our best prayer is that God's will may be done on earth as it is in heaven, and that He helps us to live lives that reflect our submission to His will.

Only a life submitted to the will of God can achieve the results that Jesus said were possible.

We will need God at every age and in every season as we face new and sometimes repeated challenges as we pass through various stages of life.

When we put our trust in Jesus and abide in him, he produces fruit in our lives and through our lives that endures even into eternity.

Have you ever lived in the shadow of an unpredictable power structure or leader? Take a glance at what the prophet told his people who faced a similar situation.

Advice for those tempted to wrestle with “what if?” A favorite from our archive of daily posts

Hope for those who have been living in exile. That was part of the message Isaiah brought to the children of God who had been waiting for decades; now deliverance was coming. So . . . How long have you been living in exile?

“Praise fits us.” And the purest praise wells up from the hearts of those who fully trust in God.

If God is all-powerful and all-knowing and his purposes cannot be stopped, then why do we sometimes have trouble trusting that we can trust him to be with us and get us through whatever we are experiencing? 

I was 28 or 29 when I first memorized and prayed these verses. And through many seasons of suffering since then, I have come back to them again and again.

When we walk in unity with God’s purposes and are led by the Holy Spirit, we know God is with us and around us and will not allow anyone intent on disrupting God’s purposes to defeat them.

The truth is, we don’t do a particularly good job with the things God has already revealed, so giving us more would probably not make things any better for anyone.

We can sing praises of expectancy, even if we don’t understand how the blessing will come.

Two storms, the same reaction. And we can identify with the fear the disciples felt.

Since Jesus has handled our biggest problem of all, shouldn’t we trust his Father with the rest of them?

As disciples of Jesus, we believe God sees from the macro level of his universe to the micro level of our hearts. He not only sees it all, he understands it all and can guide us in dealing with it all.