READ: ROMANS 8:26-30; HEBREWS 13:20-21; JAMES 1:2-8 "I don’t know, Lord,” I said. This was two weeks ago. I was sitting in my car before worship practice. For the last two years, I have been following the Lord on a wild journey. I switched churches to lead a youth group. It has been an amazing [...]

READ: PSALM 23; ROMANS 8:28-29; JAMES 1:5 My dog, Gibson, wakes me up very early every morning. Some mornings I just feed him, and other mornings I take the time to let him outside. But either way, it’s still dark when we get up. Because the rest of the family is still asleep, I often [...]

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-27; EPHESIANS 4:1-6 I attended the same church until I turned twenty-three. Through a service opportunity, I started attending a different church. But I wasn’t just switching buildings and service times. I was switching denominations too. Denominations are groups of churches (like Free Methodist, Church of God, Presbyterian, etc.) that are united [...]

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:9; 12:1–13:7 I held my breath and gently pressed my foot to the gas, driving up the icy road. Was my job worth dying for on my two-minute commute? I was needed at the Fire Department. Every January our firefighters select their vacation days for the year. This being my first year [...]

READ: JOHN 1:29; ROMANS 6:8-11; HEBREWS 10:1-25 I sat against my bunk bed. I had just realized that after being a believer for sixteen years, I didn’t understand Jesus. I know this sounds strange—and trust me, it was. I was devastated and confused. I had put my trust in Jesus at five years old and [...]

READ: MATTHEW 12:36; ROMANS 14:10-14; COLOSSIANS 1:21-23 In the State of Michigan’s law, there is something called an FOIA request. FOIA stands for Freedom of Information Act and is pronounced “foy-ahh.” People submit an FOIA request to government entities for public records. These request forms can be submitted for many things—documents, videos, emails, letters, etc. [...]

READ: ROMANS 5; PHILIPPIANS 2:3-11; HEBREWS 13:8 Princess Gayle examined a few documents on her desk as General Blackgrove delivered his opinion. She attempted to appear disinterested. They weren’t exactly allies. “Between you and me, I believe there is sufficient evidence that you are ready to become queen,” the general said in an undertone. “Unfortunately, [...]

READ: PSALM 116:1-2; PROVERBS 3:5-6; HEBREWS 13:8; 4:14-16 One of my coworkers approached me about examining our new employee handbook. We just hired a third-party organization as our human resources department, so they redesigned our old handbook. My job was to compare the two. While I was going through them, I came upon a small [...]

READ: MATTHEW 14:22-23; LUKE 5:16; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 Have you ever had to face the same problem over and over again? I think we all have from time to time. A few months ago, I had a difficult situation at work. It went on for quite some time, and I relied heavily on the Lord [...]

READ: MATTHEW 7:1-5; ROMANS 8:1; JAMES 3 Yesterday, we talked about how the little habits we maintain as Christians can make a big difference. I shared the story of how I forgot to post information online prior to an important meeting at work—a responsibility that previously hadn’t felt all that important. After the meeting, I [...]