Have you ever been reading a Bible passage and a certain word or phrase keeps popping up over and over again? That happens to me with the word good when I read the book of Titus, and it's why I think one of the main themes of Titus is “doing what is good.” The book [...]

People can push us down and mess with our minds. When others treat us wrongly, we can get into a dark place mentally and be scared to keep moving forward. When we have enemies coming against us, it can be hard for us to stay positive or keep our trust in God. In Psalm 143, [...]

Four different authors wrote accounts of Jesus's life (called Gospels), and three of them recorded one of my favorite stories about Jesus: His interaction with a woman who bled for twelve years. This woman had spent over a decade suffering physically, but on top of that, in that culture she would've been considered “unclean.” She [...]

While talking to one of my friends, I was refreshed by their honesty about a current situation: “I was angry but God can handle our feelings.” There is often the temptation to put on the mask of perfection or plaster on a smile when our world feels like it's falling apart. My friend understood: God [...]

Wandering, lost, and alone. How long have I been like this? My sins are against me, sapping my strength. Bones wasting away, I groan in agony. Those I had trusted in betrayed and enslaved me—quite honestly, my own evil heart enslaved me. This heart is as hard as stone, my transgressions heavy from the time [...]

Are you getting enough sleep? So many of us are sleep-deprived; studies show we are tired at school, tired at work, and tired when we are driving our cars. During our teen years, most of us need eight to ten hours of sleep every night. That's hard to get if we are worried or stressed [...]

In first grade, my teacher picked a leader for our class each day. The leader's primary job consisted of taking the daily collection of lunch money to the school office. Additionally, the leader had the chance to select a classmate to join them on the trip to the office. We six-year-olds felt important marching the [...]

"I must be the worst evangelist in the world," I thought, as worry knitted itself inside of me. In church, I preferred being at the back, behind the scenes. Everyone around me was confident, talkative, and quickly put themselves on the frontline. I had heard about the Holy Spirit transforming the disciples from quivering cowards [...]

Have you ever been at school, with nothing to eat, and felt so hungry? Have you been on a diet or had to fast for a doctor's appointment? It isn't fun when we can't satisfy our physical cravings, and it's even worse when we can't meet our basic needs. On a deeper level, we all [...]

Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.” God made the vast heavens with the glorious light of the sun and the calming reflection of the moon. And to top it off, He sprinkled the sky with innumerable twinkling stars that bring us delight at night. He created [...]