Before we were born again, God discerned our hearts to be defective, damaged by sin. Then, with his divine power and knowledge, he gave us new hearts to love and live for Jesus.

Jesus promised, “Your Father who is in heaven [will] give good things to those who ask him.” That’s not a promise to answer every whim but to give what is best for our souls.

Our failings are made known to us so that our Savior’s necessity would be confessed and his grace claimed.

We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit (1 Cor. 3:18). French mathematical genius, Blaise Pascal, spent years running from God—like so many people today. Then, Pascal encountered…

Wives truly honor husbands not by suppressing gifts but expressing them fully and selflessly for the good of a loved one.

When our trials and disappointments seem more than we can bear, we must hold to the One who holds us because he is very great and he is very good.

God’s intention in his proverbs is to give us the counsel that our imperfect parenting requires, and also to remind us that he doesn’t give up on us because of our failures.

God has promised never to leave or forsake us, and God cannot break his own word. He will not leave – but neither will he forsake.

When our love for Christ is the top priority in our lives, it drives out our love for sin and encourages our devotion to him.

God holds onto us when we confess that we cannot hold onto him. His grip is sure and no one is able to snatch us from his hand.