What comes to mind when you think of heaven? Heaven is referred to in fifty-four of the Bible's sixty-six books, and the final two chapters of the Bible are a virtual travelogue of our heavenly home. To visualize heaven accurately, study the Bible continually.

Many biblical passages teach that we're not saved by our own efforts but by the grace of God alone. But the same passages also tell us good works are an essential evidence of the salvation experience. We're not saved by good works, but for good works. It begins with God's grace, and it's sustained by his grace as you shape your character by what you do as you cross the bridge.

God's Word will never fall into disrepair. But here's what happens when we don't travel on it: We fall into disrepair!

Integrity is keeping my commitments even if the circumstances when I made those commitments have changed.

In the state of grace, there is no such thing as opportunity lost that cannot be found.

We are to extend forgiveness to others in the same way that God did to us: Unconditionally.

I learned to pray out of desperation. For most of us, this is how the adventure usually begins. When we finally get serious about prayer, the trigger is usually desperation, not duty.... We don't pray because we ought, we pray because we are without any other recourse.