Zacchaeus climbed for a glimpse, but Jesus gave him more than a view—Jesus stopped, looked up, called him by name, and said: “I must stay at your house today.” This is one of the most hopeful truths in the whole story: Jesus responds to hunger. Not perfection. Not performance. Hunger. And notice this: Zacchaeus didn’t get changed when people approved of him. He got changed when Jesus encountered h...

Maybe you’re tired. Maybe you’ve felt pressure. Maybe you’ve been under attack. Maybe you feel like you’re losing rounds. But the call is simple: Show up again. Go to the gate again....

Choose Joy!  Proverbs 15:15;  (TPT)   When you choose to be cheerful, every day will bring you more and more joy and fullness.  Every year I seek the Lord for a “word” and this year that word is “joy.”  I heard a woman once say that “you don’t have to wait until everything is perfect to choose to be happy.” That woman had stage four cancer and was dying.   I have never forgotten that!  Joy is a ch...

Don’t be WearyGalatians 6:9   Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up (faint).The Greek word for faint means “to relax, to weaken or loosen the grip and then to let go.” Satan will work tirelessly at attempting to wear you down and tire you out so that you lose hope and let go of the promises God has made you—so that you give up and...

Do You Not Know?1 Corinthians 6:19-20    Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who lives within you, whom you have received as a gift from God?  You are not your own.  You were bought with a price. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.1 Corinthians 3:16-17    Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?  If anyon...