Next time you're faced with a credit-purchase decision, wait. Don't say no necessarily. Just wait. I challenge you to present your need to the Lord before presenting it to a bank, and see what He does with it.

Excellence-moral, ethical, personal excellence-is worth whatever it costs.

Think first. Talk less. Start today.

Rejoicing is clearly a spiritual command. To ignore it, I need to remind you, is disobedience.

Our minds can be kept free of anxiety as we dump the load of our cares on the Lord in prayer.

One of the problems with worry is that it keeps you from enjoying what you have.

To be "in Christ" is to place one's trust in Him for salvation from sin. To be "in Christ" is to trust His goodness, not our own; to trust that His sacrificial death on the cross paid the complete debt of death we owe for our sin; to trust that His resurrection gives us eternal life instead of relying upon our own ability to please God. To be "in Christ" is to claim, by faith, the free gift of salvation. To be "in Christ" is to enjoy a completely restored relationship with our Father in heaven by virtue of His Son's righteous standing.