Jul 5,2026 Give to meet the needs of others. "Do good and...share with others." Heb 13:16 NIV In the following Scriptures, the Bible teaches that God requires us to meet the needs of the less fortunate: "If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites...give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to" (Dt 15:7, 10 NIV). "Blessed are those who have regard f

JUL. 4, 2026 Clear signs before bad decisions. "Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us know among ourselves what is good." Job 34:4 NKJV When you make a mistake or a bad decision, if you're wise, you'll learn from it by asking, "Where have I gone wrong?" Here are three ways to avoid making a bad decision: (1) Don't get involved where you don't belong. "Helping" without an invitation is called "meddling." No matter how well qualified you are, no matter how badly other pe

JUL. 3, 2026 Use the gift God has given you. "[God] has given each one of us a special gift." Eph 4:7 NLT Paul said that when Jesus "ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives and gave gifts to his people" (v. 8 NLT). He used the metaphor of a victorious king. It was common in Paul's day for the conquering monarch to return to his palace with prisoners and treasures in tow. He celebrated his conquest by giving gifts to his people. So did Jesus. Having defeated sin an

JUL. 2, 2026 How to know you're blessed. "May I never forget the good things he does for me." Ps 103:2 NLT It's the bad days that help us to appreciate the good days. Without them, we'd have no comparison point. David was talking to himself one day, and he recorded his thoughts for us: "May I never forget the good things he does for me." Here are six "good things" worth thinking about: (1) If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than

JUL. 1, 2026 Keep on keeping on. "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Gal 6:9 NIV Some of the world's most successful people were told by so-called experts that they didn't have what it took to be a success in the professions they had chosen. In 1927, Lucille Ball was told by an instructor at the John Murray Anderson Drama School, "Try any other profession. Any other." Universal Pictures dismissed both Cl

JUN. 30, 2026 Trust your covenant with God. "Who is this uncircumcised Philistine?" 1Sa 17:26 NKJV Fourteen generations before David fought Goliath, God told Abraham, "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse" (Ge 12:3 NIV). Later, God extended this covenant to Abraham's descendants and inserted a key provision: "You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you" (Ge 17:11 NIV). Apparently, no one in Saul

JUN. 29, 2026 Jesus is in your corner (2) "Christ...entered...into heaven...to appear in the presence of God for us." Heb 9:24 NKJV Growing up, many of us had no clue what our parents did forty hours a week. We might have known where they worked, but we weren't altogether sure what they did. In much the same way, most of us don't really know what Jesus does all day. And our lack of holy confidence stems from that very fact. So what does Jesus do all day, every day? He's plead

JUN. 28, 2026 Jesus is in your corner (1) "If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." 1Jn 2:1 NKJV You might not know the name Angelo Dundee, but you've undoubtedly heard of world champion boxer Muhammed Ali. For more than two decades, Angelo was in Muhammed Ali's corner-literally. He was Ali's corner man! He also trained other world boxing champions. One of the great descriptions of Jesus is, "He's our "Corner man!" "If anyone sins, we

JUN. 27, 2026 Think good thoughts. "Whatever things are praiseworthy meditate on these things." Php 4:8 NKJV Experts estimate that we have 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts a day. So let's use 60,000 as a happy medium. And let's observe four important things about our thoughts: (1) Psychologists say that 98 to 99 percent of our thoughts are habitual. In other words, they are basically the same thoughts we had yesterday, and the day before yesterday, and the day before that. Your min

JUN. 26, 2026 'Grab it, and throw it in the trash". "Bringing every thought into captivity." 2Co 10:5 NKJV Author Max Lucado wrote: "Some time back, a mother asked me to pray for her eight-year-old son. He was troubled by a constant barrage of images and scary visions that left him withdrawn and timid. They even took his sleep at night. On the day we met, his eyes filled with tears, and he clung to his mother. She had taken him to doctors, but nothing had helped. I told him t

JUN. 25, 2026 Prayer makes all the difference. "Pray for one another, that you may be healed." Jas 5:16 NKJV Christian cardiologist Dr. Randolph Byrd had a great interest in knowing if prayer had a "scientifically measurable" impact on healing. He has said, "After much prayer, the idea of what to do came to me." Over a ten-month period, a computer assigned 393 patients in the coronary care unit at San Francisco General Hospital to one of two groups. The first group was praye

JUN. 24, 2026 Set financial boundaries. "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" Am 3:3 NKJV It's no secret that today, the majority of marriages fail because of financial issues. Other relationships can also be threatened when we fail to repay a personal loan or meet our financial expectations. The following three strategies will go a long way in mitigating these pitfalls: (1) Discuss with your spouse the maximum amount each of you may spend without getting the oth

JUN. 23, 2026 History is His story. "Go...teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you." Mt 28:19-20 NKJV The words Jesus spoke changed the world forever. These were the last instructions to His disciples: "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you" (vv. 18-20 NKJV). Jesus' followers took this seriously: "Daily in the temple, and i

JUN. 22, 2026 Pray for wisdom. "Only the Lord gives wisdom." Pr 2:6 NCV Here's Paul's prayer for the Ephesian church: "That...God...may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation" (Eph 1:17 NKJV). For the Colossian church, he asked that God would fill them with "the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding" (Col 1:9 NKJV). James wrote: "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God...and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no do

JUN. 21, 2026 Fathers and the empty nest. "The children whom God has graciously given." Ge 33:5 NKJV When we hear the phrase "empty nest," we often think of mothers going through pain and depression as their children move away. But research shows that fathers feel the pain as well—in many cases more intensely than their wives. The movie Father of the Bride is hilarious. But it's also a touching tribute to the love of a father for his daughter. When George, the dad, sits acros

JUN. 20, 2026 Your reaction time matters. "'Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?' Then I said, 'Here am I! Send me.'" Isa 6:8 NKJV Do you remember the ten spies who doubted God's ability to deliver on His promise and dissuaded the Israelites from entering the Promised Land? Their doubt was so offensive to God—He had already revealed His power to them through the exodus from Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea-that God executed judgment on the spot. The very next day, t

JUN. 19, 2026 You can conquer your hang-ups. "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God." 2Co 10:4 NKJV Today's problem is not necessarily tomorrow's problem. Don't incarcerate yourself by assuming it is. Resist self-labeling: "I'm just a worrier.!" "Gossip is my weakness." "My dad was a drinker; I guess I'll carry on the tradition." Stop that! These words create alliances with the devil. They grant him access to your spirit. It's not God's will that

JUN. 18, 2026 Pray and believe God for healing. "Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed." Jer 17:14 NKJV Dr. A. B. Simpson, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, was plagued with poor health. Two nervous breakdowns and a heart condition led to a physician telling him—at age thirty-eight—he wouldn't live to be forty. The diagnosis was no surprise to Simpson. Preaching was agonizing for him; even climbing a slight elevation left him breathless. In desperation, he w

JUN. 14, 2026 Let's tell the whole world about Jesus. "Then I said, 'Here am I! Send me.'" Isa 6:8 NKJV One of the greatest disasters of history took place in 1271. That year, Niccolo and Matteo Polo, the father and uncle of Marco Polo, visited Kublai Khan, who was considered the world ruler—with authority over all China, India, and the entire East. Kublai Khan was attracted to the story of Christianity as Niccolo and Matteo told it to him. He said to them, "You shall go to

JUN. 13, 2026 Evaluate your expectations. "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him." Ps 62:5 KJV We all have expectations of others. Many times, we may not be totally aware of our expectations, or we don't express them or will not acknowledge that they are unrealistic. Therefore, they can cause us a great deal of frustration. Failed expectations will always create stress if we allow them. Unfortunately, some of the most harmful expectations are the on