The early churches receiving the letter to the Hebrews faced significant challenges, including Roman persecution and the spread of confusing teachings, which heightened their concern for the future.

Our struggles are often perceived as conflicts with others, but the deeper struggle may be with ourselves and our understanding of God's plan for us.

Reading the first chapter of Colossians gives us a beautiful and powerful model of how to pray and what to pray for as we consider those in our lives and our co-mission of sharing the good news and the goodness of God everywhere we go.

Draw encouragement from Paul's perseverance in Corinth despite opposition. Every believer is called to participate in ministry, even amid difficulties. God faithfully supports His work through community and prayer.

With God’s help, we will experience many victories, but without God’s help—his Spirit, his mercy, and his grace—we will soon run empty, and defeat is imminent.

Nothing satisfies me more than sharing my faith at work, especially when it has the potential to change the future.

Closing verses of Paul’s letter to the Colossians offer us practical advice for relating well to those who don’t follow Christ.

Those arresting Jesus came under cover of darkness, just as those pursuing evil today often work in the shadows. But God has told us how to bring light to every situation.

I have a love/hate relationship with planning, it’s true. But I’ve learned quite a bit from what the scripture says about it.

Although there’s nothing new about evil, facing it fresh every day threatens to overwhelm us. The psalmist can relate. God understands.

The speaker’s advice, “Sit silently with God,” fits perfectly with the challenge to aright ourselves spiritually: “Decide who Jesus is.”

When we see God act in a situation that has been stressing us, we laugh for joy. But sometimes he moves slowly, and we do well to look for his work day by day.

If you have been following Jesus for very long you know how important it is to have people praying for you. We learn from Paul how and why to pray for each other.

Two aged saints saw God fulfill his promise to them and his plan for all humankind, when the infant Jesus was presented in the temple,

What do you do when what needs to be accomplished turns into a situation that feels impossible?

Only in eternity will we understand the full impact of prayers offered by all the mothers of the world. They may not be as poetic as Hannah’s, but every mother’s prayers stir the heart and compassion of God.

For followers of Christ, any day is a day to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. So go ahead and celebrate today and every day what the Lord has granted us on this side.