1 We want you to know, brothers,[a] about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.3 For they gave according to their means, as I can...

17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lordhears    and delivers them out of all their troubles.18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted    and saves the crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:17-18 ESV) Most of the people who know me would not think that I was prone to bouts of depression or anxiety. Mine is not so bad...

27 “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? (Jeremiah 32:27 ESV) We may be lulled into the thinking, normally by the enemy, that our situation is too complicated or too hard for God to work out. We need to remember that God is used to...

True and lasting change is what we want the transforming blood of Christ to do within us. But, boy, can it be hard. We spend so much time rehashing our past life and falling back into old habits. We allow old wounds we thought well healed to open once again...

15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. (Romans 5:15 ESV) Death came to us through one man (Adam),...