Have you ever felt discouraged about what God was doing in your life? If so, the little book of the Bible called Haggai has some encouragement for you. God sent Haggai, a prophet, to Jerusalem because His people living there—returned exiles from the land of Babylon—had abandoned attempts to rebuild God's temple in order to [...]

Imagine you could take a peek into your future. What would you choose to see? Your future college or job? If or when you'll marry? Sometimes I wish God would tell us what our futures hold. If you're anything like me, then you like the control of knowing what's about to happen! That control can [...]

Friends come and go, but family is forever.” My mom must have repeated this phrase hundreds of times during my teen years. Yet even with those words seared into my brain, it didn't hurt any less when friends left my life. The most recent time was probably the most painful. My best friend didn't really [...]