These criminals represent us. One of them recognized Jesus for who he was and received him; Jesus promised that when he died he would be in heaven with him. The other man rejected Jesus and closed his heart. Unlike the first criminal, when he died he didn't go to heaven. He went to hell. In that sense, these two men on either side of Jesus are just like every person. We either embrace Christ as our Savior and spend eternity with him, or we reject him and say, 'I don't believe it. I'll have nothing to do with.' And these people spend eternity separated from him.

The core of humanity's sin problem is not a horizontal behavior to be corrected but a Vertical relationship to be restored.

Don't miss God's fingerprints all over the events, lining up people and circumstances in perfect timing to preserve His people and advance His agenda.

By your grace, I will not despair. I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

I don't have everything I want but I have everything I need. That's contentment.

You will never experience the fullness of joy you were created to know until Jesus Christ has first place in every area.