I admire risk-takers. Partly because I've never been much of one and partly because I'm married to one! Recently, I was parked in the story of Jonathan scaling a cliff so he could all but single-handedly attack a Philistine outpost. Risk-taker. Umm. Yeah. I’d say so. Saul's army camped some distance from the Philistines during a military campaign. Jonathan decided, discreetly, to...

We all face battles. Battles of many kinds in different seasons for different reasons. So did the Israelites. As they were about to enter the Promised Land, more than milk and honey were awaiting them. They were promised war. Ever feel that way? Hope is on the horizon because when we have Jesus, we know that wonderful promises await us. But a...

If you and I want gratitude to grow in our lives, we may need to look for weeds and be prepared to eliminate them. Guilt is a weed that can choke out gratitude. If we’re not careful, we may feel so guilty over what we have that we overlook that God has been our Great Provider. Busyness can keep gratitude from growing....

Years ago, I had been working on a writing project. As I shared my vision for it, the listener asked me about my motivation for writing. She caught me off-guard, and I responded in a way that surprised me. I told her I never knew life would be so hard and wanted to write something that offered hope. I didn't intend to...

"God is love." The Apostle John wrote it. In today's culture, we often hear, "Love is love." As if love is the defining characteristic––the seat of identification. But A.W. Tozer doesn't let us off the hook with this line of thinking. In fact, he's in our faces about the importance of grasping what "God is love" really means. He says, "Equating love...