You are not alone. When you’re fighting an uphill battle and feel like you just can’t go on, God is with you.

God created the universe and everything in it. He holds it all in His powerful hands—stars, oceans, time, us. Yet He bends down and invites us to be family. Family! Take Him up on His offer. This is the first in a series of videos for Gospel Here & Now. Go to gospelhereandnow.org to find out more.

Seared in the fire. Crafted into perfection. Ready to be used. Just as the craftsman refines a tool for a select purpose, we were created in Christ Jesus to do good things. God has already given you ambitions and directions. Go fulfill them. Read more: http://odb.org/2015/06/03/something-new/

It’s time to get rid of all the gunk—the dirt, the grime, the residue of old ways. That is not you anymore. You’ve been cleaned. You’ve been changed. You’ve tasted what is good and real and true. So live free.

Days have a way of blending into each other. The repetition of life dulls our senses until our world can become gray. But like refreshing rain, God gives us splashes of joy to color our world and to help us see with new eyes.

It’s inevitable. Rough waters will come. But the good news is that you are not navigating alone.

Each of us have a race to run. However, we can choose how we run that race.

Seconds can drag on and years can fly by. We know we are on this earth for just a moment. And we don’t know when that moment will end. So, God, help us to turn to you, to seek your wisdom. As Psalm 39:7 says, “My hope is in you.”

Out of nothing, God made something. With mere spoken words, He made something that looked like Him—us! And it was all so good.

We are messed-up people. Even when we try to do good, our evil hearts are still corrupt. But Jesus knows.