Sometimes your life is on a roll - everything you do seems to produce positive results, sometimes even better than you "deserve."  At other times, however, you work and you pray and you do what you can, but it seems all in vain - there are little or no positive results for your hard labor.  These different seasons both have challenges, but their primary challenge is common to both. Good times and bad times can…

It's easy to get trapped by the idea that living the Christian life is a matter of being good, or living a principle-centered life.  However, that is not even close to the core of Christianity.  The apostle Paul wrote, "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, it is…

Are you looking forward to anything in particular - a vacation, a promotion, a date, an event?  I hope so, because hope helps you get out of bed in the morning; it gives you reason to press on.  

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