“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. – Jeremiah 29:11

In his letter to the surviving elders among the Jewish exiles and priests, the prophet Jeremiah assured God’s people that they wouldn’t be captives ...

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation ...

Psalm 46 is a beloved passage in which the psalmist declared that no matter what was happening around him, God was his refuge and strength. Safe in the assurance that he is God, we can wait on him even amid chaos. He is still on his throne.

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Throughout John 15, we read about the way in which God deals with three different kinds of branches. First, we read about what God does with unproductive branches, and if truth be told, it sounds a little harsh: “He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit” (John 15:2).

Hmm … well, that doesn’t sound ...

 
Jesus’ parables were short and simple stories that pointed the way toward deeper truths. The parables Jesus told make up roughly a third of his teaching in the gospels.

The following list details the parables that Jesus told during his ministry years. Note that several of these parables appear in all ...

 
Dreaming has an essential role in developing your faith and helping you become the kind of person God has always intended you to be. There is an important connection between dreaming and believing, between your imagination and your growth. Without a dream, you get stuck. But with God-inspired dreams, you have almost limitless possibilities.

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Jochebed models for contemporary women an infectious courage to fear God instead of people and a firm faith in his promises and providences. God honored her steadfast purpose by using one of her sons, Moses, to deliver the Hebrews from Egyptian servitude and by appointing her other son, Aaron, as high priest. Her daughter Miriam became the leader ...

 
Quick—what was the best gift you ever received? How did you feel when you opened it? What made it so special?

For me, it was “Fort Legoredo”—a LEGO cowboy fortress. When I was about eight years old, my Grandma Rose stunned me with this lavish surprise after all the other presents had been opened on Christmas morning. I ...

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The patriarch of the Judeo-Christian faith had trouble at times telling the truth, yet nobody calls him Lying Abraham. Israel’s great lawgiver once beat a man to death, but he isn’t remembered as Murdering Moses. The message of the Bible is that we’re not defined by our worst moments. The gospel says that, in Christ, God expunges our failures. Grace, ...