A Greater Meaning to Life

The only true source of meaning in life is found in love for God and His son Jesus Christ, and love for mankind, beginning with ...

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The Hard Road

Jesus calls us, as his followers, to walk the same way that he walked. And that’s a very hard road. In Mark 8:34–9:1, Jesus realized ...

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Do Your Priorities Align With God’s Will?

Coronado Island is an idyllic Southern California destination that attracts locals and tourists by the thousands each summer. One popular picnic spot is Spreckels Park, ...

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Faith in Jesus for the Next Generation

Whether it's their first day of kindergarten or their first semester away at college, raising a child is an exercise in trust. Ultimately, it is ...

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Come To Me

With every fresh new year, it is natural to desire better things, especially when the past has been filled with pressure. It is to the ...

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What if you struggle with doubt

We may worry that our doubts will somehow disconnect us from God. But any Christian can experience any thought at any time, and this includes ...

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Craving God’s Word

Babies crave milk, and only milk. Parents care about the color of the blanket, the pattern of the curtains, the decorations in and around the crib, and ...

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Showing Honor

God expects us to honor age: “Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.” – Job 32:7 And He specifically instructs us to honor our parents: Honor ...

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Seven Ways to Cultivate Joy

Want more joy in your day? Cultivate it! Joy springs from viewing the day’s events from eternity’s perspective. With this intentional focus, you’re sure to ...

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How to Become the Parent God Wants You To Be

For a lot of us, we didn’t have the greatest parents in the world. We come from broken homes. We didn’t have a dad who ...

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Resolve to Love

Are you feeling reflective as we kick off 2023 about your life, your goals, your relationships?  As the year spreads out before us, like a ...

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Pray Big Things

For most of my life, I was not really interested in prayer. Prayer seemed boring, honestly. You might think I wasn’t interested in prayer because I ...

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A Prayer for the New Year

There’s something about one year ending and another beginning that encourages reflection on what life is really about. As we reflect on the previous year’s ...

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Walking in God’s Will

Some people are running around today trying to get a direct revelation from God. They want the Lord to give them a word from Heaven: ...

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New Year Resolution

What are your New Year resolutions? We may have hopes of changing what we know we should, such as losing weight, exercising more, or eating ...

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What does it mean to be a servant?

Jess Keller was my uncle and one of my heroes of the faith. He was one of those Christians who demonstrated servanthood every day I ...

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Your Words Matter: What The Bible Says About The Power of The Tongue

Author Gordon MacDonald tells how a rebuke from a friend saved him—thousands of times over—from hurting others and making a fool of himself. He was ...

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Don’t Settle for Disobedience

Sin—the product of disobedience—is deceitful. We can even be mired in sin and yet unaware of our disobedience because of our cultural blindness. It is ...

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