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People are complex. There is behavior that we see and motives that we don?t. Behind the ?what we do? of our lives is the ?why we do it.? Edward T. Welch challenges us to peer more closely into the ?why.? He insightfully reveals that, according to God's Word, the heart is the source of all human motivation. Our hearts contain motives such as Pleasure, Meaning, Comfort, Success, Freedom, Respect, Happiness, Power, Control, Peace, Reputation, Love/Intimacy Welch encourages us to ask questions to discover some of our deeper motives: ?What do you hope for, want, crave? ?What do you fear? What do...

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell...

Psychologists have long known that every person has two great longings and inward needs. The first is to be loved, and the second is to love. But when pressures and heartaches come into our lives, many give up any hope of ever finding love.

The tragedy is that we often look in the wrong places to fill this deep need and longing. Some substitute lust for love. Others pursue material things or superficial relationships--all in the futile attempt to fill a God-shaped vacuum in the human heart. But there is good news There is a love worth finding and a love worth sharing. The Bible...

"Que el Dios de la esperanza los llene de toda alegrIa y paz a ustedes que creen en El."¹

Para la familia que se enfrenta a una ejecuciOn hipotecaria...para el padre que ha sido diagnosticado con cAncer terminal...para la esposa que no ha podido concebir...para la jovencita considerando abortar...para los miles que han perdido su trabajo y sus ahorros de toda la vida...hay esperanza.

La Biblia dice que cada uno de nosotros fuimos creados por Dios...que El nos ama...y que quiere que tengamos una vida plena. "Yo he venido para que tengan vida, y la...

Friends and loved ones depart, but God will never leave us. He is "our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1).

There is never a day so dreary but God can make it bright

And unto the soul who trusts Him He giveth songs in the night.

There is never a path so hidden but God will lead the way

If we seek for His Spirit's guidance and patiently wait and pray.

God makes His fatherly comfort clear through His Word. "For whatever things were written in earlier times were written for...

Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.

Albert Einstein

Have you ever looked up into the heavens at night--or felt a tiny baby grip your finger-- and been filled with wonder? The world is filled with wonder everywhere we look.

THE MARVELS OF NATURE

Who made all of this? Did it just happen . . . or is there really a God who created it, as the Bible...

Over the years I have talked to thousands of people who have asked me how to find their way to God. Some have sat in church pews all their lives but never come to personally know God. Others have sought for ultimate meaning in all sorts of ways but never found the peace of mind for which they were searching. Some simply realize that there is something vital missing in their lives.

The Bible teaches that this sense of lostness is rooted in the fact that we live in a fallen world.We are all handicapped by a sin nature: "All have sinned and fall short of the...

IN THIS FAST PACED WORLD, IT'S LIKELY OUR PATHS MAY NEVER CROSS AGAIN.

So what if they don't? In a world of cheap promises of wealth, health, and happiness, I've discovered something that has made a lasting difference in my life--and I'd like to share it with you.

You don't need to be somebody special to make this discovery yourself. I'm just an ordinary person. But one day I found that there was something more to life than living for weekends, working a lifetime to stay ahead of bills, growing old, and finally . . . death.

OUR PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE

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A professor of philosophy in a university was lecturing on thelack of certainty in our age. "Certainty is impossible," he said. "We can know nothing for certain."

A freshman raised her hand and asked "Professor, are you sure of that?"

"I'm certain " he replied.

Yes, we live in an age of uncertainty. We're learning more and more about everything and yet we seem to know less and less for sure.

KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW

In contrast, the first followers of Jesus were characterized by their certainty. They didn't...

HEAVEN

Heaven is not a ghostlike, foggy atmosphere where disembodied spirits float around. Heaven is as real as this earth. Jesus told his disciples, "I go to prepare a place for you" (John 14:3). Paul taught that Christians would have new imperishable bodies (1 Corinthians 15:51-57).

Again, contrary to many popular ideas, heaven is not dull. The things that are killjoys on earth-- selfishness, hatred, death--all will be gone.

Heaven will not be a place where we sit around with nothing to do. The Bible suggests that heaven will be a place for dynamic, creative and...

DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS EARTH AGAIN? I do. And I don't see any other hope for the world because we're heading toward a catastrophe.

The Bible says, "Scoffers will come in the last days. . . . They will say, 'Where is the promise of his coming?' For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now...

Who Is Jesus?

• A Historical Person
• An Extraordinary Person
• God
• One of Us
• Alive

A Historical Person

Maybe you have never really thought about who Jesus is, or whether his claims have any implications for your life. After all, we're talking about a man who was born in the first century into an obscure Jewish carpenter's family. The basic facts of his life--where and when he lived, how he died--are all pretty well agreed upon. But what about the significance of his life and death?...

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Jane Williams examines the reasons why Jesus' death was seen by his first followers as nothing less than the demonstration of God's love for his creation, and the means by which we all can find forgiveness and redemption.

"By the grace of God I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner, and by calling a homeless wanderer of the humblest birth who roams from place to place. My worldly goods are a knapsack and some dried bread in it, and a Bible in my breast pocket. And that is all."
With this modest and simple statement, one of the world's great classics of spirituality begins. An anonymous Russian peasant of the nineteenth century sets out to seek the truth, attempting to follow St. Paul's command to "pray without ceasing." By chanting the Jesus Prayer ("Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me"),...