Don’t Worry; Be Happy

“Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you

We also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us,

I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. (2) He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of

NOTE: As we continue our Dynamite Prayer Adventure, I share with you the first of a two-part article regarding the importance of praying with intimacy.

In the morning, while it was still very dark, [Jesus] got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. (Mark 1:35

Too often, we try to pretend there are no massive voids – no empty places – in our lives. But the truth of the matter is, we’re all going to face some empty places in life, and we need to take them seriously.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was

God cannot tell lies! And so his promises and vows are two things that can never be changed. We have run to God for safety.

In a world of hate and slander, it is difficult to return such insults with love and compassion. “May the peace of Christ be with you both.”

“But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had