"For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it" (Matt. 16:25). Spend the next five minutes meditating on this verse. This is exactly the opposite of what makes sense to the world. The world says, "Hang on to what is...

Some people have been told for so long that they "can't" that they begin to believe it. If you are to find your dream, the first thing you need to think about is this: How does God dream? God always thinks BIG. A friend of mine says, "My God is too big to think...

So you say you're not a preacher, a minister, or in full-time ministry—what can you do? It's time for us to quit thinking that the only people who can really do something to make a difference are paid ministers. It's time for us to look at our whole church and see...

Feeling sorry for people doesn't get the Gospel to them so that the may be saved. The Bible says that Jesus was moved with compassion. "And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick" (Matt....

Do you really care for the people around you? Are you reaching out to them? What about the lost around the world? Do you care that they are lost? It is time to be really honest with these questions. We know that we should care, but sometimes we still do not care....

Jonah, as we know, was running from God's call on his life. God had called him to go to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. He was supposed to be a missionary to the Ninevites. He was called to be a part of the most important thing in the heart of God. He was to go...

God has a dream for our lives. He wants us to be radically saved and set on fire for Him! He wants us to be thoroughly committed to loving Him and going after Him with all of our hearts. He wants to heal the brokenness in our lives and put us back together again....

Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can touch this generation. However, reaching out to them any more than on a Sunday morning is a burden many are not willing to take on. In fact, their tough, rough, unusual exteriors frighten many adults. We don't take the...

For so many of us our whole life revolves around "me," "mine," and "my." We need to learn to prefer others and give ourselves away and be selfless. God is looking for people who will show an ultimate sign of maturity by going overseas and giving themselves away. He...

God designed sex to be experienced only in the context of marriage. He knew it would take the love that only a lifelong commitment can bring to get the most satisfaction. Sex was God's idea! He invented it. He knows how it will be the best! Imagine God and Jesus...

As young people begin to date, no one seems to take it seriously. They do not think about who the person they are dating might marry someday. I know a pastor who has his wife's high school boyfriend in his congregation. Sometimes the pastor says from the pulpit,...

Teens everywhere are constantly wishing they had more freedom. They want their parents to allow them to do more. The desire for responsibility is a good thing, but sometimes it turns into rebellion when you don't think you're getting it quickly enough. When your...