The Word For You Today

Fear can be devastating. Why? Because it breeds more fear! And the most insidious thing about fear is its ability to exaggerate. C. Everett Koop, former surgeon general of the United States, observed, “People just have an inappropriate sense of what is dangerous.” Do you Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

We tend to think that successful people are exempt from fear. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every generation in history has experienced fear. The first person God created was Adam, and the first recorded words Adam spoke were these: “I heard Your voice Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

During the Great Depression, unemployment hit 25 percent of the American population. Savings accounts were wiped out by bank failures, farmers lost their land to foreclosures, and people were having trouble just feeding their families. During this dark time, Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the nation Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

If our salvation is assured when we place our trust in Christ, might some people take advantage of this assurance? Yes, they might, for a time. But as grace goes deep and as God’s love and kindness sink in, they change. Grace fosters obedience. “The Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

Increasing our pace has decreased our peace. There’s an old joke about a stressed-out personal assistant who told her boss, “When this rush is over, I’m going to have a nervous breakdown. I’ve earned it, I deserve it, and nobody’s going to take it from Read More + Listen to Audio Clip