If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion.  For a printable version of this, click here.  Philippians 2:12-13 "Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who works in you to will an to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." Life situations change quickly, and the happiness in our hearts can disappe...  Read More

If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion. If you would like a printable copy of this plan, click here. "Pride always leads to arguments." Proverbs 13:10 (TLB)  As new believers, we quickly learn that harmony creates happiness while selfish ambition and vain conceit create conflict.  The Bible lays out a humble path to happiness, wh...  Read More

"Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News of Christ!"Philippians 1:27 (NIV) As we go through life we can either focus on our problems or we can look at them in a way that brings happiness into our lives.  Remember, happiness is a choice.  When I face problems and turn them over to God, looking at them from His perspective, He allows me to be an encouragement to oth...  Read More

If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion. If you would like a printable copy of this plan, click here. "Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.  Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy."  Philippians 1:3-4 (NLT) If you're frustrated looking for happiness, there are 5 laws of happiness you need to kno...  Read More

If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion.  For a printable version of this study, click here.  "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever." Matthew 6:13 (KJV)"Everything comes from God alone.  Everything lives by His power, and everything is for His glory."  Romans 11:36 (LB)  No matter what your need is, the...  Read More

If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion.  For a printable version of the study, click here.  "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."  Matthew 6:13 (KJV)"The temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience.  And God is faithful.  He will keep the temptation from becoming so str...  Read More

If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion.  For a printable version of this study, click here. Forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us. Matthew 6:12 (NLT) Last week we looked at confessing our sins and releasing our guilt.  This week we will look at forgiving those who have hurt us and releasi...  Read More

If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion.  For a printable version of this study, click here. Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.  Hebrews 12:1-2 (NIV) What is one of the biggest obstacles that keeps us from being all God mad...  Read More

Whether or not you are a mother, chances are pretty good that you had one.  You may have had a good relationship with her or a bad one, or you may have never known her - but God still wants you to honor your mother.  In Ephesians 6:2-3, Paul quotes Exodus 12:20 and says, "Honor your father and mother" - which is the first commandment with a promise - "that it may go well with you and that you may ...  Read More

Matthew 6:11 "Give us today our daily bread." If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion. The "bread" we are asking God for in this verse from The Lord's Prayer represents everything we need for survival.  There are at least four things "bread" represents: The Necessities of Life - God provides whatever your body needs to live.  Thi...  Read More

“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 (KJV) If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion. Surely the most difficult kind of stress is the stress resulting from things you can’t avoid or can’t change:Uncontrollable circumstances: When you feel hopeless, such as being stuck in a pandemic. Uncoope...  Read More

2 Chronicles 15:5During those dark times, it was not safe to travel.  Problems troubled the nation on every hand. (NLT) If you would like to extend this over a week, you can easily do one of the points each day in your devotion. Listen, all you people... the Lord will stay with you as long as you stay with him!  Whenever you seek him, you will find him.  But if you abandon him, he will abandon you...  Read More