The apostle Peter exhorts us to “cast all of our cares upon Jesus” simply because He loves us and is infinitely able to “carry the load” on our behalf. The same word for “cast” was used by Luke in a different context. In his description of Jesus’ getting ready for His...

God made us a bold promise in Hebrews 13:5 when He said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” In response, the writer of Hebrews asked: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” For Michelle, this last question was troublesome...

“Egypt” holds tremendous symbolic significance in the Bible: It signified the place of slavery, bondage, and oppression for the Israelites before God used Moses to work out His plan of salvation and redemption for His people. Our metaphorical “Egypt” is when we were...

It should not be a surprise to us that we will have trials and tribulations in thisworld. However, the strong assurance God promises in His Word is that Jesus’ blood has secured our ultimate victory, for it is by “the blood of the Lamb” that we triumph (Revelation...

Our loving Father promises to work every circumstance for our good and for His glory, and He delights in surprising us with gifts beyond our deserving.As we journey with Him in faithful trust and obedience, He takes us on a “treasure hunt” where we discover treasures...

A semicolon is typically used in place of a period when an author could end a sentence but chooses not to. Instead, it leads to the anticipation that there is a “second half” to the sentence. Metaphorically, we can choose to punctuate life’s storms with either a...

The writer of Ecclesiastes begins the book with: “Meaningless! Meaningless! ... Everything is meaningless.” Fleeting are our lives here on Earth. Like the embers of a waning fire, every earthly thing has “a finite expiration date.” The decisions we make on Earth,...

The rainbow is evermore a symbol of God’s covenantal promise He made between Himself and His children to never again destroy the earth with a flood. Embedded in that covenant is His promise to never leave nor forsake us. Rainbows appear only after a rainstorm. When we...

Life is full of mistakes! The human condition means we are guaranteed to make mistakes. However, there is great peace to be found in the fact that God never makes mistakes. Trying circumstances in our lives are not because God “messed up.”, our mistakes can be used by...

God is Goodness Personified. He is the standard of all that is good and always acts in accordance to what is right, true, and holy. Goodness is not only a hallmark of His nature. Goodness also defines His relationship to His children. His Goodness runs after us, it...