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Only God can take our mistakes and make something amazing. Only He can take our losses and turn them into wins. Only He can take our failures and bring victories.

This isn't a formula for raising children who stay faithful to the Lord. But here are patterns I notice in the kids that tend to continue to follow Jesus into their adult years.

The story of Bathsheba in the Bible is often eclipsed by the story of David. Bathsheba’s story has drawn, however, hers is a story of redemption. Let’s look at the story from Bathsheba’s view instead of David’s.

Here we have compiled the best Bible verses for Lent to encourage your time of fasting, prayer, and spiritual discipline awaiting the celebration of Easter. May these Lent scripture quotes remind you of the power of fasting and prayer as we...

It should come as no surprise, then, that a peacemaker is someone who emulates Jesus — called the Prince of Peace — by working to reconcile people with God and with each other.

As I grow more like Christ, I won’t be pressing down enmity. A humble love for my enemy will become natural and authentic. The goal is to see everyone the way Jesus sees them — with mercy and love.

Should prayers always be positive? No way, often they are negative, and that is okay. But there are times when the Bible commands us to be positive, and that, too, is for our good.

To understand why being a new creation is so important, we need to understand that we aren’t born out of our own will, or reborn physically. We are reborn through the will of God. All the old things about us have passed away.

Has the spiritual seed that we are called to plant become rotten? When we look at Scripture, we see that we cannot mix our old sinful ways with the new and righteous. When we accept Christ as our Savior, we are to begin planting new seeds.

In the Bible, God’s mercy means His pity, compassion, and kindness toward people. His mercy shows up in the believer’s life at salvation, and then God continues to show mercy in forgiveness. Mercy triumphs over judgment but refusing God’s mercy is...

You can continue to search the Scripture and know that God is in control. Even His name means Omnipotent, all-knowing, and the Everlasting God.

Paul identifies, in his letters, when he’s stating his own opinion versus that of the Lord’s. Paul’s overt separation of his personal feelings on an issue versus the Lord’s commands illustrates Paul’s belief in his authority to impart the Word of...

Jesus trusted that the total story had been written in advance. Christians might feel as though they have been living out a prolonged cliffhanger, but God authored the complete work of the gospel from the very start.

The Lord gently asked Peter if he loved Him, changing his three denials into three strong statements of love. On that day, Peter was both reinstated as a disciple and was lovingly forgiven.

When we fear the Lord, we show Him the reverence and obedience He deserves as our Creator and our ultimate Judge. Fear of the Lord prompts us to study His Word in an effort to gain as much wisdom as we can.

When it comes to the End Times, it is clear that one would have to explore specific churches to uncover their respective positions on End Times rather than expecting one denomination to consistently hold a point of view.

What happened during Jesus’ final hours was agonizing, heartbreaking — and necessary. And the fact that it happened, that Jesus gave Himself willingly as a gift and sacrifice so we all could live in eternity with Him, shows God’s great mercy,...

Throughout the Old Testament, believers came to salvation because they believed that God would someday take care of their sin. Today, we look back, believing that He has already taken care of our sins on the cross.

Jesus already knew that Zacchaeus needed to invite him to stay, not just in his home, but in his heart. After all, Jesus came to the world to save us from our sins so we could stay with Him forever.

God’s countenance is really a metaphor or representation for God’s expression, God’s approval, God’s blessing — not an actual face or facial expression as we have one. It is helpful for our human psyche to do things like this as a way of trying to...