Only His arms outstretched on the cross could open the gates of heaven with one hand and capture the keys to the gates of hell with the other.

Long before you were born—long before anyone was born—Jesus existed. And long after you fade from the earth Jesus will still exist and be the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The outward appearance of our lives can seem deceitfully important and we may find ourselves spending enormous amounts of time keeping up the image we want other people to see. But the scriptures teach that what matters to God.

When I finally read what Jesus actually said, I was surprised. The Jesus in the Bible didn’t just claim to love me…

No matter what you have heard about Jesus, no matter what you believe about him—even if you have spent your entire life trying to study and understand who He really is, He is greater than you think He is.

I have a sign in my bathroom that says, “Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap, she’s up.”