Yes... Three simple letters. Yes, I'll be there. Yes, I have time. Yes, I can. Yes, I am. The word yes is small but carries great weight. Each day, we give our yes to people, opportunities, responsibilities, and commitments. A yes is our word. Yet what follows matters just as much as the yes itself. Most of us know the disappointment of unmet promises—the frustration and hurt of broken commitments. Yet, if we're honest, we've all fallen short ourselves. Jesus addresses this in Matthew 5:37:...

Trusting God sounds easy—but it’s tested in moments of uncertainty. The Bible is full of God’s promises to us. He reminds us that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6). He assures us that those who trust in Him will never be put to shame (Psalm 25:3). We’re told that the prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective (James 5:16), and that many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them all (Psalm 34:19). These are only a few of the...

We all have desires for something. Our fave food. Latest shoes. That bargain deal we’ve been waiting to go on sale. A new job. More money. A bigger home. I’m sure if we all sat in a circle and put all of the things we are asking God for in front of us we’d be super shocked at just how much stuff we would see. We may even look at the person next to us and see what they want and realize we too could benefit from that! We are constantly bombarded with so much input that sometimes we can’t even...