One of the greatest dangers of success is forgetting the One who made it possible. When we begin to experience progress in our careers, businesses, education, personal lives, or finances, it can be easy to take pride in our abilities, hard work, wisdom, and accomplishments. While diligence and discipline are...

It is truly unwise as a believer to forsake the Lord your God or forget His benefits to you. He is a faithful God who gave you wealth and the power to acquire it (Deuteronomy 8:18). As Pastor Jabin Chavez preached on Sunday, one of the great disciplines of the...

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught that God is kind to the ungrateful and wicked and encouraged us to do likewise (Luke 6:35). In the longer passage containing today’s verses, Jesus demonstrated this aspect of the Father’s character. How merciful! How gracious! Those who have trusted and surrendered...

Ten leprous men, standing at a distance, cried out to Jesus as He passed through their village, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” By calling Jesus “Master” (Epistata, Greek), they went beyond recognizing Him as a healer to acknowledging Him as “Superintendent” or “Commander,” meaning One with the divine...

Sometimes, we find ourselves in seasons when God’s promises seem far away. We pray, wait, and keep moving forward without knowing when or how everything will come together. Like Abraham, we may live in temporary stages before seeing the promise fulfilled. He did not see its fulfillment for a long...