"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" - Ephesians 1:3 (NKJV)I was thinking about this little boy who went to the store with his parents. The little boy was so good that the shop owner, who had this little candy jar, said, "Son, I want you to put in your hand and get you a handful of candy. You've ...

"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." - Romans 8:16 (NKJV)What's the difference between knowing you're a child of God doctrinally and experiencing the witness of the Spirit? Let me illustrate it this way. Let's say you are a little girl walking along with your father, and you know that you're this man's daughter. You know it mentally. But then all of a sud...

“In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty.” - Proverbs 14:23 Work isn't just about getting through the day or earning a paycheck - it’s about finding fulfillment and purpose in what we do. Proverbs 14:23 reminds us that all labor has value. Whether we see it or not, God is using our efforts for something greater.There was this husband who came home every day at 5:30 in ...

"Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory." - Ephesians 1:14 (NKJV)The word "guarantee" here means "down payment" or "pledge." Think about how earnest money works when buying a house. When you make an offer on a home, you don't pay the full price up front. Instead, you put down earnest money - a substantial deposit that pr...

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.” - Genesis 2:15Sometimes we think that work is a necessary evil. We might even believe that work came as a result of the curse after Adam and Eve sinned. But if we read Scripture closely, we see that God designed work before sin ever entered the world. Genesis 2:15 tells us that God put Adam in the garden to ten...