Be quick to receive the truth when someone corrects you, and be quicker to dismiss the gossip about someone else.
It’s easy to get distracted from what you should be thinking about. You can start the day by reading the Bible and meditating on a few spiritual thoughts. But during the course of the […]

The best way to compensate for your weakness is to find a friend who has strengths in those areas.
Friends can be useful. If you are moving to a new apartment, you need friends to help you pack up the boxes and lift the furniture. If you are traveling across the country, you need […]

Embraced the power of love. Reject the love of power.
The last of the “big three” temptations is power (the other two are money and sex). From your position as a student or laborer or office manager or pastor, you may feel that power will never tempt you. Think again.
Jesus came to Earth […]

Sex is God’s wedding gift to the bride and groom.
It would be easy to think that sexual sin is the worst kind of sin, but that’s not true. All sin is an offense to God (it’s a violation of his perfect standard and His will for us. however, we may be more susceptible […]

Money can do a lot of things, and one of the things it does best is take your eyes off God.
There are lots of things you should pray for, but money isn’t one of them. Pray for God’s provision, but don’t pray for riches. It isn’t that money is wrong. Money is […]

Friendships can fade, but families are forever.We live in a mobile society where it’s easy to become disconnected from your family. No longer do three generations live in the same house on a farm. (Even John Boy eventually moved away from Walton’s Mountain.) If anything, it’s more common these days for family […]

God expects you to keep your house in order.Did you know that God considers you to be a dwelling? That’s right, in a very real spiritual sense, you are a “house of God.” You begin your relationship with God by inviting Jesus into your house. Jesus says, “Here I am! I […]

You can’t claim to be living in the light if you are walking in darkness.It is easy to get absorbed with religious lingo and forget what it really means. For example, we use a phrase like “living in the light” without remembering its significance. Without pretending to explain the meaning in full, here […]

Be more concerned with the legacy you’ll leave to your children than the inheritance you’ll receive from your parents.Your tombstone is likely to be engraved with the year of your birth and the year of your death (such as 1948-2027). On that grave marker, the sum of your life will be represented by the […]

What you get out of your body directly relates to what you put in.These days we are very aware of the benefits of healthy foods and the negative effects of unhealthy foods on our bodies. That doesn’t mean we eat right all the time, but at least we know how.
If all you had to […]