Gardening is as much of a relaxing, fulfilling activity, as it is a testament to God’s beauty. As Master Gardener, it was God who designed all the plants, trees, and grasses, and it all started in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1:11-12).Nowhere else in the world was such splendor to behold. The … [Read more...]

There is no love where unity is absent. Two people have to be of like mind to focus on furthering their goal of maintaining any manner of relationship.When either side drifts from the center of that goal, their discord will cause them to suffer until at last there is too wide a chasm to … [Read more...]

When God first made animals, He placed them in the Garden of Eden under the watchful care of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:26, 28). As such, they weren’t food, but creations to be ruled over – which means protected and managed.Notice also that animals were created before humans, and they were created … [Read more...]

When life goes our way, it’s always so much easier to be in a better place in our faith. But what about when things start to get difficult, and we are stuck, afraid, or beaten down? Loving God when life is painful and hard can be a challenge.Surely these questions have crossed your mind. Why is … [Read more...]

Do you love someone so much that it hurts? That you would do anything that could take away his or her suffering? That’s God’s love and how God felt about Jesus, and how He has felt about humanity throughout the ages.“For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever … [Read more...]

Renewing Your Mind in Christ. Have you made any new year’s resolutions? The most popular new year’s resolutions tend to revolve around health and fitness, organization, saving money, traveling, hobbies, and general life wellness and productivity.While those are all good goals to have, sadly, … [Read more...]

Loving the Homeless and Downtrodden should be a part of your Christian life. Poverty and homelessness is not a new problem. In the Bible, the needy were to be loaned money without interest (Exodus 22:25), and God Himself said that there would always be poor among the people as a fact of life … [Read more...]

God expects us to extend compassion to others, in the same way, we would want to be done to us. “But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return.” (Luke 6:35)People with the gift of compassion are people who look to alleviating the pain of others without giving thought to … [Read more...]

Being Christ-like sometimes means holding your tongue, speaking in love and being a peacemaker, while at other times, it means exercising the gift of exhortation.That trait is just one of 7 listed in Romans 12:6-10, which are: prophesying, serving, teaching, encouraging, giving, leading and … [Read more...]