The Life God Loves To Partner With Part 3
Discover five habits of a heart that converges with God’s eternal plan. In his ongoing series on Ruth: Love Unshaken, Joe Stowell turns to Ruth 2 and continues looking at the lives of Ruth and Boaz,...
View ArticleThe Person Makes The Place
"God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Revelation 21:3-4Engaged couples often spend hours poring over travel brochures and vacation Web...
View ArticleDon’t Just Celebrate…Imitate!
"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children.” Ephesians 5:1I can still remember my dad standing there, coat on and hat in hand on Christmas afternoon asking me, “Joe, do you want to come...
View ArticleHolding Your Hand
"Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand." Psalm 73:23 One of the joys of being with kids is holding their hands. We do it to keep them safe while crossing the street, or...
View ArticleInterruptions
“But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus’. ” Luke 1:30-31Interruptions...
View ArticleDirty Windows
“Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.” 2...
View ArticleThe Hope of Christmas
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5We talk a lot about hope. We hope the weather will be...
View ArticleSave the Paper
“[Jesus] made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” Philippians 2:7Above the joyful sounds of Christmas morning, as children open their presents in attack...
View ArticleLoving a Great God
Although we’ve all encountered people with hardened hearts, sometimes the most difficult thing to accept is the hardness in our own hearts, as Dr. Stowell reveals in this powerful message on Luke 7....
View ArticleExpectations
"My earnest expectation and hope [is] that . . . Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death." Philippians 1:20 Expectations! We all have them. We expect that people will be nice...
View ArticleLoad Limits
“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so...
View ArticleLiving in the Perfect Tense
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17One of my all-time favorite jokes is about the guy who was applying for a...
View ArticleThe Perfecting Storm
“Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” James 1:4In Cornwall, England, you can visit a place called The Eden Project. The Eden Project...
View ArticleIn the Garden
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31My wife, Martie, and I had the privilege of traveling to England. While we were there, we visited...
View ArticleSecret Storage
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23One of the New Year’s resolutions that I have managed to keep is my plan to clean out the two storage rooms in our...
View ArticleGone Fishing Part 1
"'I'm going out to fish,' Simon Peter told them, and they said, 'We'll go with you.' So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing." John 21:3“I didn’t think my life would...
View ArticleGone Fishing Part 2
"'I'm going out to fish,' Simon Peter told them, and they said, 'We'll go with you.' So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing." John 21:3Have you “gone fishing” in...
View ArticleGod’s Heart In Our Hands Part 1
"'The women said to Naomi: 'Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!" Ruth 4:14Are you willing to take God’s heart into...
View ArticleGod’s Heart In Our Hands Part 2
"'The women said to Naomi: 'Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!" Ruth 4:14Discover parallels between our modern...
View ArticleGod’s Heart In Our Hands Part 3
"'The women said to Naomi: 'Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel!" Ruth 4:14Discover six steps to bringing God’s heart...
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