Some of us have been blessed to be supported by loyal, steadfast and trustworthy people. If you have someone you can trust and depend on,...

Gratitude has been popular for a few years. We have been encouraged to notice good things and feel grateful so we can better enjoy our...

Series: Building Our Relationship with God Silence and solitude cultivate a heart of gratitude as we pause to reflect on God’s goodness...

Series: Building Our Relationship with God When we face challenges that highlight our limitations, it can be tempting to focus on our...

Series: Building Our Relationship with God In Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41 and Luke 8:22-25, we read about Jesus and His disciples on a...

Series: Building Our Relationship with God Trust is essential for a healthy relationship. We build our relationship with God when we...

At Christmas, we celebrated the birth of Jesus—the ultimate sign of love and hope. Love that motivated God to step into our world in the...

As Christmas approaches, we are reminded of a story that began with an impossible announcement: a young woman named Mary, visited by an...

This December is a season of connection. The difference God-directed connections make can be dramatic or subtle but always a blessing....

God is good... All the time! All the time... God is good! God's goodness is constant and enduring. It is an unbreakable guarantee. God's...

Abraham charged his oldest servant with finding a wife for his son Isaac. What a huge responsibility! The only recorded criteria for his...

The kindness of God is possibly my favourite attribute of God. Some English words used to translate chesed in the Old Testament and...

Everyone likes being thought about in a way which motivates someone to do something good for them. Kindness is an incredibly attractive...

Sometimes in prayer, we must wait to see the answer. We often have no idea how long we may have to wait. This kind of waiting can seem...

Within the Book of Proverbs, we find the wisdom of waiting. The practice of patience, or being "slow to anger", is revealed as an...

I tell my children (and myself!) that patience is waiting well and impatience is not waiting at all. Impatience is acting up because we...

Jesus called the peacemakers blessed. A peacemaker is someone who makes or generates peace. Making peace means to do, create, or bring...

It is actually possible to reduce anxiety and worry to zero. I had first-hand experience of this recently. I received some news which had...

Peace is a sense of well-being and security. It relates to happiness and welfare. It is a state that arises from trusting that all is...

God deserves for us to praise Him joyfully. It is possible to practice rejoicing over God no matter what we are going through, before we...