The key to passing this test is understanding that the times when we do not “want” to follow Christ is exactly the time when we NEED to.

The test is whether or not you will put God first when so many other things fight for that position.

Having hope in some positive outcome – and then approaching it confidently with faith – literally has the power to change the outcome!

If any of us have lost the light, WE MUST FIND IT! Find it through prayer. Find it through study, in whatever form brings your mind to God.

The gospel of Jesus Christ, accompanied by time spent living it, acts as a strainer in our lives - takes out the bad, leaves the good.

Let us participate in this formula, for those sparks are enough to power a light that will conquer all darkness.

If Paul can choose gratitude and find joy because of it, then certainly I can too.

I hope we may all see the good in others and accept the good that others see in us and allow our actions to be dictated by that goodness.

Two weeks ago today, I laid on my bed in complete and total agony. My feeble attempts to stop the pulsing pain were almost pointless. My...

The second mile is the mile that trades fear for hope, anxiety for peace, sorrow for joy. Getting through the first mile is the challenge.

The Lord is patient while we figure stuff out. We don’t have to do everything to please Him. All we have to do is rely on and trust Him.

A lifestyle of faith is one in which difficulty occurs often but is quickly defeated by heavenly power.

The peace from Christ's touch can penetrate even the darkest days of our past and reverse all negative emotion.

Simple people doing simple things are how Christlike attributes are earned, given by a loving God to bless this world.

When we are left scrambling and improvising, let us remember that there is One who never scrambles, never improvises.

I am a firm believer that our trials, both current and future, prepare us for the JOY that will be received later on.

Let us remember that their lives are the reason we are alive today.

With the pattern of gratitude, reflection, learning and action, we find our “escape” from all bad things - through Christ.

We must see God as both a perfect Gardener and a perfect Guide - and only then will we truly know Him and receive His strength daily.

Who we are begins and ends with how we choose to invest our time.