It is very likely you have recited the Lord's Prayer more times than you can count. While memorization and liturgy allow us to keep His Word hidden in our hearts, it can easily become commonplace. So let's look closely at the many layers of depth to Jesus's words when the disciples asked, "Lord, teach us to pray." (Luke 11:1 NASB) The Lord's Prayer is recorded in two passages, Luke 11 and Matthew 6:9-13. In the Gospels, it is common to see stories and parables repeated; how

Time and energy are valuable resources, and it is wise to consider how we spend them. When I was a child, my parents hosted very successful garage sales where we brought in anywhere from $500 to $ 1,000 in cash. The sales were so successful because we worked them for 8 hours a day for a solid week. Even though we spent several weeks prepping for the sale by organizing everything and pricing it right, that was a fantastic return on investment for 1985. In my adult life, I lear

There are so many times in life when I rely on my own strength, my own wisdom, my own knowledge, especially in times when the Lord has given me an assignment I did not choose. We must learn to rely on God to do the heavy lifting.

As a child there were always words and phrases that annoyed me and “waste not want not” was one of them. It is possibly because I didn’t...

It's 10 o'clock in the morning and I went to the gym, and the grocery store and had my 10 minutes with God. Goals, Right? Yesterday, I...

This is the beginning. The beginning of what? I am not quite sure. I left my full-time job a few weeks ago prepared to pursue too many...