Step Into Significance

Let’s talk about freedom. We chase it, don’t we? Freedom from stress, from people’s opinions, from guilt. Sometimes we wrongly think freedom is doing whatever we want whenever we want. I know I did. Do you remember as a kid, thinking, “When I get my driver’s license, I’m finally going to be free.” And then […]

I heard of a guy who was about double the body weight that he should be, and he decided he was going to lose weight. He told his doctor, and the doctor said, “Okay. Let’s just start with something easy. I want you to quit eating before you go to bed. Wait till the next […]

From the day they’re born, we love our children. This love compels us to help them mature and realize their potential so they win in life.  In Galatians, the Apostle Paul writes to believers who were struggling with accepting their salvation as a free gift from God. They were being told they had to do […]

There are times He looked at me in disbelief. His vibe was, “Your sermons better get better if you are going to step into that dream.” I could tell he thought my youthful positivity had caused me to lose touch with practicality. The good news is, when God gives you a promise, and you believe, but the […]

When I was in school, I liked math for one main reason—formulas. The process was simple and satisfying: put the right things in, get the right things out. Every problem had a solution, and the formula guaranteed it.             It’s a great mindset for math, but a dangerous one for faith! At its core, that kind […]

Shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent are popular for two obvious reasons: we love seeing hard work turn into realized dreams, and it’s entertaining when someone thinks they can sing, and they can’t!             The reality is that we all carry hopes in our hearts, but discovering the right dreams to live for requires wisdom. Paul writes in Ephesians […]

            Through all our differences, humanity shares one thing: we all have a story. It’s a story made up of what we’ve done, where we’ve been, and what has happened to us. For some of us, that story is going really well. But for others, if we’re honest, maybe it’s not going as well as we’d hoped. Maybe […]

This weekend, we celebrate some of the most incredible people in the world—moms. Statistics say 122 million calls are made on Mother’s Day, more than any other day of the year. About 152 million cards are sent, a quarter of all annual flowers are sold, and in 2024, $33.5 billion was spent. Why? Because we […]

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison for resisting apartheid—nearly three decades behind bars. He entered angry and resolute, driven by justice and conviction. But somewhere in the waiting, something shifted. Instead of allowing confinement to harden him, he chose to let it form him. He read voraciously, earned his law degree through correspondence, learned […]

We’ve all been there—trying to fix a relational problem, only to say or do something that makes it worse! In those moments, we realize the person in the mirror is often part of the problem. The apostle Paul understood this when he urged believers to live worthy of their calling by being completely humble and […]