“I am making everything new!” - Revelation 21:5Have you ever wished you were different? Is there a part of your life that you wish you could change? Can you become more of the person you long to be?There is something in all of us that longs to be different than who we currently are. We want to be more confident, to be braver, and to stand up for what’s right. We want to be free from the shame that...  Read More

he Lions' DenWe sometimes think that if we’re doing it God’s way, we’ll never get into trouble or difficult situations.WRONG!Daniel was a powerful man of fasting and prayer, committed to God to the extreme. Yet today you’ll read that his enemies set him up to be destroyed by the very thing that set him apart: his devotion to God. Daniel was doing it right, serving God with everything he had—and it...  Read More

Play OffenseToday is a total setup.You’ve been doing your Daniel thing, hitting your reading plan, and making room for God persistently in prayer by praying three times a day—and those very things are going to cause your enemies to show their face.I am, of course, describing the life of Daniel. You’re about to read how Daniel’s enemies created a setup, and he walked right into it. They’re getting ...  Read More

God is God All the TimeI bet you’ve heard the story of Jonah—how he ran from God, got swallowed by a whale (or fish, depending on your translation of the story), spent three nights in it’s belly on the Red Eye to Nineveh, and then preached repentance to those crazy pagans.But have you ever seen why Jonah didn’t want to go to Nineveh? It was because he hated them, and he wanted to see them burn. Th...  Read More

Widow PowerBe honest—have you ever thought God was holding out on you by not answering a prayer the way you wanted? If you’ve ever felt this way, you’re not alone. We’ve all felt this way at some point in our lives, and it’s no surprise to God (whether or not you admit it, He already knows)!Instead of pretending that you don’t feel this way, what if you admitted and confronted it? Because however ...  Read More

PersistentAsk & Keep on Asking Even if it wasn’t your kid, I’m sure you’ve at least heard this in a store: “Can I have that? Please? Pllleeeeaaaaaase?” And if the parent doesn’t respond, you hear it again, and again!It’s irritating, right? Why do kids do that?Because it works.Today, we start learning about being Persistent. Sometimes people pray about something one time, and they think that should...  Read More

Lord, Help!James writes that we do not have what we ask for because we don’t ask God for it. But do you sometimes feel like you don’t even know what to ask for? Believe me, I’ve been there!When you’re in that situation, the answer is actually simple: humble yourself, resist the devil, and draw near to God. While drawing close to Him in fasting and prayer, ask Him what to pray.Sometimes it’s as sim...  Read More

Define Your Victory  What does “victory” look like for you? Have you ever stopped to think about what success would look like specifically in your current situation? Today you’re going to read that for Daniel, success was staying alive—or was it more than that?The king had a dream, and no one could tell him what it meant. He decided that if his “wise men” couldn’t tell him what he’d dreamed and wh...  Read More

RelationshipsWhen we get to midlife, we start to understand what is important in life. We have spent so much time becoming, and now we are learning how to be. One of the last pieces of Scripture we get from Paul before he dies is the one where he talks a lot about relationships. And at the end of the day, that is what really matters: our relationship with God, with our spouse, with our kids, with ...  Read More

Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.  Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. For he who does wrong will receive the ...  Read More

Reach ForwardLike Paul says in Philippians 3:13 (CSB), “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead.” We have to bring it to the Lord and say: “God, I need you to give me the strength and the energy to do this.” We need to stop reliving the past, get over our frustrations, keep moving, ...  Read More

Do Not Stop NowMany times in life when we get older and we get certain wisdom in some areas of life, we choose to step down and check out. We let the younger generation step in and take charge. Even though that is good, it is not always all we can do. We need to be able to take that wisdom and to know there is something greater; God wants us to pour that back. There are things that He wants us to ...  Read More