Some people say they have faith, yet their lives show little evidence of it. Others who have faith are willing to take risks to live out that faith. In this message we focus on this latter kind of fa…

When our faith in God is genuine, it causes us to make choices in God’s favor. We willingly take the risk of alienating those around us when we choose God’s way over that of the world. Th…

The rewards of our faith are not primarily found in this life. In the life to come, God bestows rewards for faithfulness. Like the heroes of faith in Hebrews eleven, we need to set our sights on heav…

Some wonder what good it is to have faith in God when He never seems to answer their prayers. Many lose what faith they have and give up on God altogether. In this message we look at the heroes of fa…

The heroes of faith in Hebrews chapter eleven include ordinary people. They believed God despite not seeing immediate responses to their prayers. We, too, can exhibit their kind of faith. We can trus…

We can be sure that our faith will always lead to ultimate victory, even if we never see the rewards of that faith while still in this life. That was true for many of the heroes of faith in the Bible…

When running life’s race, the clock is relentless. Once gone, time cannot be reclaimed. The Bible teaches believers to be “redeeming the time, for the days are evil.” Time must be u…

Time is a vital, non-renewable resource. Like a coin, it can only be spent once. For the Christian, our minutes are not our own. They belong to Christ, the Lord of our time. Are you spending your tim…

As believers, how we use our time determines our effectiveness for God. At the end of this life, we’ll be judged by our deeds. So we should be mindful of how we spend the minutes, days, and yea…

We’re all given gifts and abilities. It’s not how many we have, but how we use them, that determines the outcome of our lives. Rather than complain about what we don’t have, let&rsq…

Although we’re not equal in abilities, we are equal in our obligation to use our abilities wisely. In Bible times, a talent was a large sum of money. Today it signifies an ability. Either way, …

For every Olympic track star, thousands of runners will never make the team. But that’s no reason to give up. Many believers with few talents approach life with a clenched fist rather than an o…

Christians running the race of life frequently get tripped up by matters of money. Whose money is it really? Is it mine to do with as I please, or am I just taking care of it for someone else? Christ…

Believers in the race of life need to come to grips with money. Many of us grip our pocketbooks until our knuckles turn white. Yet God wants us to know the joy of generosity.

When a man or woman believes in Christ, many deep-seated desires change. We become givers rather than takers, and God wants us to see our money as a trust to manage, not a possession to squander.

Believers are to run life’s race for Christ, who taught us to love God with all our being as the first and greatest commandment. This is a tall order, but this message will help us understand w…

Believers are to give God first place in their lives, running life’s race for no other reason than to express their love for Him. In fact, we’re commanded to love God supremely; everythin…

Believers are commanded to love God supremely, and to cast off every weight and sin that besets them. Then, they can run life’s race at top speed, knowing that the finish line will bring them f…

Where is your security found? If you know Christ, your bank deposits are safe, really safe, where “moth and rust cannot corrupt.” That bank is not of this world, and, as a child of God, n…

As believers in Christ, we have a future beyond the reach of the bill collector, beyond the reach of our failures and sins, a future safe in the hands of God. He guarantees that for believers, there …

Many people try to satisfy themselves with things that only make finding satisfaction more elusive. But the believer in Christ has a new life with new desires. Here are more reasons why Christians ar…

An heir—that’s exactly what you are as a child of God. You’re an heir to a fortune and didn’t know it. In Romans, we read: “we are children of God, and if children, then…

When we are born into God’s family, we begin to find that God is very near to us. From Romans 8 we learn that the Holy Spirit bestows Christians with the desire for intimacy with God. In fact, …