Thought For Today: “Righteous Prayers” Not everything we direct towards God is truly prayer. Dallas Willard, Christian philosopher and teacher, said that just talking to God isn’t prayer, even though prayer is talking to God no matter how many religious words we use. The Bible says, “The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.” … Read more

Thought for Today: “A Friendship To Die For” Jesus said to His disciples, “I no longer call you servants … Instead, I have called you friends.” (John 15:15) And then Jesus went on to show them just how much He loved them as His friends by going to the cross and dying for their sins. … Read more

Thought for Today: “Where Heaven and Earth Meet” Wherever you stand you will always view the horizon. It is where the sky and earth meet and become one. Or to say it another way, it is where heaven and earth meet. The same could be said about the cross of Christ. It is at the … Read more

Thought For Today: “God is With Us” To have a joyful heart we need to realize that we so not go through this life alone, and that’s because the Lord is with us, and the trouble we face will not destroy us. The waters may get high, but they’ll never overflow, and while the fires … Read more

Thought for Today: “Salt and Light” The church needs to be the salt and light bearer God has called for it to be. Leonard Ravenhall said, “We are so subnormal these days that the normal New Testament experience seems abnormal.” As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called by God to bring forth His whole … Read more

Thought For Today: “Pray Through the Silence” One of the answers most people give as to how they are doing is that they are tired, and this condition is far too often translated over into our prayer life. We grow tired and weary from asking and listening when all we perceive is silence on God’s … Read more

Thought For Today: “Standard Bearers of Faith” In everything we do and say in this life, as believers in Jesus Christ we’re to not only be an example, but we are also to set an example for others to follow. We live in a culture where no one takes responsibility, where celebrities and people in … Read more

Thought For Today: “God’s Love Is Everlasting” God’s everlasting love is seen in what the Psalmist says. “But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him.” (Psalm 103:17) Before we ever existed, God loved us. Long before we were ever born God fastened His affection upon us … Read more

Thought For Today: “The Newness of the Old Testament” Just because it’s in the Old Testament doesn’t mean it’s old, nor does it mean we’re to leave it untouched, unread, and not follow its instruction. Jesus said that a disciple should be a like the head of a house bringing out both new and old … Read more

Thought For Today: “Wiser and Stronger” The Bible makes it clear that all human wisdom and strength is foolishness and without any real or lasting power. But the wisdom of God and His strength is far greater. “For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than … Read more

Thought For Today: “Holy Spirit GPS” I remember heading to Salt Lake in the dark hours of early morning through a blizzard. I punched in the coordinates for the hospital I was taking the person to, and then looking at the Freeway signs I realized it was giving me direction into the mountains. After praying, … Read more

Thought for Today: “Jesus: Our Great Wounded Healer” Jesus is the Great Physician; He is our wounded healer, and He is here to heal. Of the Messiah (Jesus) the prophet Isaiah said, “He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces … Read more

Thought for Today: “The Surety of Obscurity” Fame is fleeting. What use to be 15 minutes of fame has been downgraded to 5 minutes if they’re lucky! Break a record and it will be broken not long afterwards, that is, if anyone remembers the record at all. Regardless of what we’ve accomplished, most of it … Read more

Thought for Today: “Call to Faithfulness” Unfortunately, we live in a day and age where faithfulness, while lauded, is summarily dismissed as old fashioned. While we want to be faithful to God, we don’t necessarily want to be faithful to His word and what it calls for us to do and be. By saying that … Read more

Thought for Today: “Let’s Get Tuned” Years ago I saw a TV ad about the benefits of pure water. You see a musical quartet with each member made out of pure water. In the beginning, they were playing beautifully and were in perfect harmony. But as they continued one violinist began playing off-key. When the … Read more

Thought For Today: “Faith to Follow” When faced with a choice to stay or follow, Ruth chose to follow. “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. … Read more

Thought for Today: “Being An Impact Player” Each of us are God’s unique creation, and God wants us to use the potential He has created in us for His kingdom purposes. God has created us for His purposes in order to further His kingdom. “But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that … Read more

Thought For Today: “God’s Faithfulness” “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” (Lamentations 3:22-23) The foundation upon which our faithfulness is built is the faithfulness of God. The Lord is faithful to keep what only He can keep, and that’s … Read more

Thought for Today: “Stand Before God” When I consider how we need forgiveness, the story of Joshua, the High Priest, comes to mind. Here he is standing before the Lord God clothed in filthy garments, representing his sin. And there standing next to Him is Satan accusing him. (Zechariah 3:3-4) The guilt and shame must … Read more

Thought for Today: “Welcome Back” No matter how far we may have strayed, our heavenly Father is always waiting with open arms to welcome us back home. In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the young man finally realized his mistake and heads back home, but he isn’t met with a stern glare and reproachful … Read more