God’s heart is tender toward the lonely and broken. Gill’s Exposition reminds us that God, enthroned in glory, bends down to provide for the lowliest. He takes the place of a father to the orphan and brings the isolated into His family. Earthly families give us belonging, love, and support....

If you have trusted and surrendered to Jesus, you are adopted into the body of Jesus and are of valuable and indispensable service to those around you. If you are not yet aware of your spiritual gifting and calling to service, this should be a point of prayer and searching...

Have you ever heard someone say they can worship God anywhere, so why attend church? It’s true one can do so, but the scripture above tells us God desires more than each of us having our own conversation with Him or worshiping alone. Certainly, as individuals, we have those private...

Imagine the weight of this moment, Esther could have chosen wealth, influence, or security for herself. But she looked beyond temporary reward and chose something eternal: the deliverance of her people. Her request was not for her own advancement but for the salvation of the nation God had placed in...

It is a way of God to include people in meeting the spiritual and physical needs of others. To participate with Him, He often asks us to go a step further – to do something we haven’t thought of before, are uncertain about, are worried about falling short. But victory...