In a world that constantly tells us we need more, that we deserve better, and that waiting is for people who lack ambition, there is a virtue so quietly slipping away from our culture that most of us ...  Read More

1 Samuel 30:6 (KJV)6  And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David enc...  Read More

Proverbs 16:24 (NIV)24  Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.Devotional: How many kind thoughts have you kept to yourself this week? How many times did you notice...  Read More

Ephesians 4:29 (NIV)29  Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.Devotion...  Read More

James 3:3-10 (NLT)3  We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.4  And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the w...  Read More

Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 (NLT)21  The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will...  Read More

How What You Say Can Change EverythingThere is a phrase most of us learned in childhood, one that was probably offered to us with the best of intentions during a moment of pain: "Sticks and stones may...  Read More

Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acce...  Read More

1 John 2:15-17 (the Message)15-17 Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wantin...  Read More

John 7:37-39 (NLT)37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the...  Read More

Luke 4:14-21 (NLT)14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. 15 He taught regularly in their synagogues and was ...  Read More

Psalm 23 (ESV)1   The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.3  He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for...  Read More