How many friends do you have?  Before you check your list on some social media page, let me rephrase the question: How many real friends do you have?  The list probably just got smaller.  Before you finalize those numbers, let’s try one more question: How many real friends do you have that consider you a friend?

That list of thousands probably shrunk to a handful of names.  The number of authentic friends that you have is in direct relation to the number of people you are a friend to.  Or, as the writer of Proverbs put it, “A man that …

Spiritual maturity does not happen overnight, and it will not happen without an intentional effort to seek God in the daily minutiae of life.  God did not redeem us, fill us with His Spirit, and write our names in His book so that we could live joyless, hapless lives.  On the contrary, He has imparted everlasting, victorious, abundant life within our hearts, the kind of life that gives joy unspeakable and full of glory.  But such joy will never exist without His daily presence.

One of the burdens of my heart is to help others grow in their daily walk …

Insomnia is the infomercial’s greatest friend. I don’t know what it is, but after midnight, the Ginsu knife collection becomes the most ingenious piece of merchandise in the history of mankind. I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t need a knife that can dice tomatoes and cut up your shoes all at the same time? The marketing concepts behind the infomercial brands are designed to manipulate you into thinking you can’t live without their products. The lighting, the quick-talking front man, the easy-to-assemble gadgetry, and the unbelievable price of 19.99 all work together for a pretty good sales pitch. Many times I …

“So skilled is error at imitating truth” said A.W. Tozer, “that the two are constantly being mistaken for each other.”  Such an observation succinctly describes Christendom in these last days.  Sure, there have always been tares among the wheat, and goats among the sheep.  There have always been prowling wolves who don the garments of the shepherd’s cloak.  But in these last days, the lines of spirituality and doctrine are blurred as never before.  Perhaps the greatest tragedy in the church is not error; it is that so few people recognize it.

William Howells said, “Parts and parcels of truth …

I don’t know why it surprises me when my heavenly Father answers prayer; but, in all honesty, sometimes it does.  It shouldn’t.  He has promised to provide for my every need.  As a matter of fact, He has invited me to lay aside the most miniscule of necessities on the altar of His provision.  “Take no thought for your life,” He says…but I occasionally think.  “Take no thought for your food, or shelter, or clothing,” He declares…but I often ponder.  In the midst of my troubles and cares, He graciously and daily reminds me that He is Jehovah-Jireh, this is …