"These are the children [the Lord] has given me."            Ge 33:5 NCV It's easy to complain about the things you don't

"Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper."            Pr 13:4 NLT By the time she was

"Live joyfully with the wife whom you love."            Ecc 9:9 NKJV What if you're single, looking for a mate and haven't

"Live joyfully with the wife whom you love."            Ecc 9:9 NKJV Men and women often speak a different language. Men

"Live joyfully with the wife whom you love."            Ecc 9:9 NKJV You say, "My mate is a terrible housekeeper. What can

"Live joyfully with the wife whom you love."            Ecc 9:9 NKJV When your mate loses their job and you find yourself

"Live joyfully with the wife whom you love."            Ecc 9:9 NKJV After the death of the child David fathered with

"Live joyfully with the wife whom you love."            Ecc 9:9 NKJV In discussing marriage on his TV sitcom, Jerry

"Live joyfully with the wife whom you love."            Ecc 9:9 NKJV Sonja Ely writes: "I was watching my five-year-old

"The race is not to the swift."            Ecc 9:11 NKJV In ancient Greek marathons a torch was handed to each runner at

"The integrity of the honest keeps them on track."            Pr 11:3 TM Joseph said no to the advances of Potiphar's wife,

"Those...hired last...you paid...the same as...us."            Mt 20:12 NCV In Christ's parable five different groups of

"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me."    Mt 11:29 NKJV Galileo said, "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and

"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me."            Mt 11:29 NKJV Too many of us are like the guy who said, "When I rest,

"‘Test me in this,' says the Lord."            Mal 3:10 NIV It's estimated that less than one-tenth of all those who

"Whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets...everything."            Jn 3:36 TM It's said that the wealthy English Baron

"The number of the disciples multiplied greatly."            Ac 6:7 NKJV The New Testament church experienced phenomenal

"Live purposefully."            Eph 5:15 AMP Are you easily swayed by what others say and do, or do you have a plan and

"Now the Lord...said to Abram."            Ge 12:1 NKJV Abraham trusted God to fulfill His promise, come what may. "By

"Now the Lord...said to Abram."             Ge 12:1 NKJV Abraham had the ability to hear God's voice. "Now the Lord...said to Abram: ‘Get out

"Now the Lord...said to Abram."             Ge 12:1 NKJV The life of Abraham teaches us that: (1) God can call you at any time of life. Without

"Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth."             Pr 10:4 NIV Ruth was working as a farmhand when Boaz picked her to be his

"Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His footstool."       Ps 99:5 NKJV Never lose your sense of wonder, or you'll lose your motivation for worship. Unless you

"My soul, wait silently for God."             Ps 62:5 NKJV Daniel Coleman calls the ability to wait well, "the master attitude." Having it requires:

"Forgiving one another...even as Christ forgave you."             Col 3:13 NKJV The greatest power you have over anyone who hurts you, is the power

"Work...as...for the Lord."             Col 3:23 NLT Dr. Adrian Rogers said: "God takes ordinary people and gives them power to do extraordinary

"God cares about honesty in the workplace."            Pr 16:11 TM The Human Resources Director was taken aback when he

"My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too."             Jn 5:17 NCV A salesman stopped to visit a client and was amazed to find a

"When he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion [on him]."           Lk 15:20 NKJV Chuck Colson writes, "When I was at

"God loves a person who gives cheerfully."       2Co 9:7 NLT A kid who had just learned to tie his shoes was crying, so his mom asked, "Is it that hard?" "No," he

"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you."             Ac 1:8 NLT When Ray and Dorothy Buker went to Burma in 1926, there were

"The Lord's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him."             Ps 32:10 NIV The most important choice you make each day is your choice

"Don't just do the minimum that will get you by."             Col 3:23 TM One of Michelangelo's greatest masterpieces was his sculpture of David. He

"Those you allow to remain will become...thorns in your sides."             Nu 33:55 NIV Earthquakes result from two tectonic plates on a fault line

"The Child grew and became strong."             Lk 2:40 NKJV When do we get our first clue that Jesus knows He is the Son of God? In the temple when

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."             Php  4:13 NKJV When David first arrived at King Saul's palace he was a

"Who may enter your presence...Those who...do what is right."             Ps 15:1-2 NLT Charles Swindoll writes: "Behind the scenes...life can

"God has given gifts to each of you."             1Pe 4:10 NLT Your work is important to God. Your job uses up forty hours in your week, so it

"Take the stumbling block out of the way."        Isa 57:14 NKJV To fulfill your God-given purpose in life you must confront your defects of character, see

"These words which I command you...teach them diligently to your children."             Dt 6:6-7 NKJV On Father's Day a pastor was making the point

"I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision."             Ac 26:19 When God gives you a vision: (1) It will interrupt you. Sometimes God will

"I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision."             Ac 26:19 Paul had a "heavenly vision." But there are those who "speak a vision of

"Love your neighbor."             Mk 12:31 NKJV Here are two things we should never do: (1) Expect to feel fully at home in this world, because "we

"Bring me seventy...who are known...as leaders."             Nu 11:16 NIV A group of neighborhood kids built a tree house and formed their own club.

"Let us follow the Spirit's leading."             Gal 5:25 NLT Charles Spurgeon said, "If we are not seeking the Lord, the Devil is seeking us." And