"So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who kee...  Read More

"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" – 2 Corinthians 5:17Isaiah's promise of "a way in the wilderness and rivers in the d...  Read More

"For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." – Ecclesiastes 3:1There's an old observation about how change tends to happen: gradually, then suddenly. Nothing seems to mo...  Read More

Lamentations 3:22-23: "The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning." – Lamentations 3:22-23Yesterday's mistakes ...  Read More

"But forget all that – it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. ...  Read More

"Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be." — John 12:26By the end of any significant transition, there's a temptation to unpack the boxes, settle in, and forget there...  Read More

"All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them." — Acts 2:4After waiting in an upper room for ten days, the promised Holy Spirit finally a...  Read More

"Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." — John 12:24Instinct says to protect what's valuable. Keep it safe, keep...  Read More

"Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit." — 2 Kings 2:9When the prophet Elijah was about to be taken to heaven, his apprentice Elisha refused to leave his side. Offering one final request, Eli...  Read More

"I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you... and you will be a blessing." — Genesis 12:2Every new season comes loaded with hopes for something better: a fresh start, a healthier routi...  Read More

"They all joined together constantly in prayer... Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias." (Acts 1:14, 26, NIV)By the end of this stretch, the small group who stayed in that upper room step...  Read More

"I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." (Luke 24:49, NIV)Every hard middle eventually offers an exit. It rarely ...  Read More