You know Satan, our spiritual enemy, is a liar, right? All liars distort the truth. They twist it, nuance it, and obscure it. That which is actually true is still true, but the liar tries to change our perception of the truth. For years I lived with a sort of undercurrent of God’s disappointment. I really didn’t feel like he was happy with me. I knew he loved me and all,…

Nearly 60 times in the New Testament, God speaks about our storing up treasure or rewards in heaven. Then in Paul gives us a clue to what this treasure is when he writes to his dear friends in the ancient city of Thessalonica, “What is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?”—1 Thessalonians…

Jesus made an audacious promise when he said, “I have come that you may have life and have it to the fullest!” (Who doesn’t want life to the fullest?! ) Then to prove he has the power to deliver on this promise, he dies on the cross to cancel our sin and raises from the dead. If he can do that, what can’t he do! What’s more, Jesus wants every person on the planet to have…