Giving Brings More Gifts

When we give to others, God gives us something in return: freedom from the tyranny of our problems.

God Opens His Hands

When in prayer you clasp your hands, God opens his.

Retrieving Perspective

Gary Thomas writes in Christianity Today:

Thinking about eternity helps us retrieve [perspective]. I'm reminded of this every year when I figure my ...

Real Reward

I once heard a story about a father who inquired of his son when he planned to purchase a much-needed automobile. "When God sends my one hundred ...

Escapism--Or Truth?

We are very shy nowadays of even mentioning Heaven. We are afraid of the jeer about "pie in the sky," and of being told that we are trying to ...

The Blessings of Charity

He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again and ten times more.

Two Types of Ambition

To be ambitious of true honor and of the real glory and perfection of our nature is the very principle and incentive of virtue; but to be ambitious of ...

Unimaginable Good

[God] is up to something so big, so unimaginably good that your mind cannot contain it. ... What we see God doing is never as good as what we don't ...

Success Is Doing God's Will

Doing God's will--faithfully, zealously, despite the absence of tangible rewards--is a worthy goal and a colossal success in itself.

Make Heroes of Outreach Ministers

To have an outreach church, you have to make heroes of people who minister outside the church's programs.