Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don't.

Sometimes I wonder if we don't see Christ's love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.

We may not see the connection between the name Jesus and the phrase "save his people from their sins," but Joseph would have. He was familiar with the Hebrew language.

The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.

Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone.

Christianity teaches salvation by grace through faith, every other religion teaches salvation through works and merit.

Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.