Joe Barnett

We will reap a harvest if we do not give up.                             —Galatians 6:9 Here are two cold, hard facts: 1) You never finish what you never start. 2) You never finish what you start if you stop. Most everyone I know

I press on toward the goal. —Philippians 3:14 Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the gold with world-record performances in the Winter Olympics dance competition in Sochi, Russia. They didn’t get to the top-center of that flag-draped podium in one giant leap; they climbed there one torturous step at a time. They started practicing together

No mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.                 —1 Corinthians 2:9 With a couple of kids in the back seat, a trip to grandma’s house can be downright chaotic. It’s a war zone back there … “You got to sit by the

We do not lose heart. —2 Corinthians 4:16 The reason behind Paul’s “We do not lose heart” was this: “our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all” (2 Cor. 4:17). That wasn’t a spurt of sing-and-be-happy drivel. Paul knew what it was to hurt: he had

Cast your cares on the Lord.                 —Psalm 55:22 He offered him $250,000 a year to do all his worrying for him, and he accepted faster than you can count to 10 by 5s. The new-hire’s first question was, “Where are you going to get the $250,000?” “That’s

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.              —Psalm 37:7 Dear God, When I have to cope with the irritable the demanding the critical the unreasonable teach me to be still and wait patiently for you. When I am tempted to disgrace my Christian calling by being

He knew what was in a man.                  —John 2:25 You can’t fool God: “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.” (Ps. 139:1). God is onto people who honor him with their lips, but don’t have their heart in it (Matt. 15:8). He knows everything

How long will you lie there, you sluggard?                             —Proverbs 6:9 Before leaving for an appointment, Ebenezer Webster laid out the day’s chores for his sons Daniel and Ezekiel. He returned at the end of the day and found they had done

We … are being transformed into his likeness.                          —2 Corinthians 3:18  Love. “Serve one another in love” (Gal. 5:13). Encourage. “Encourage one another and build each other up” (1 Thess. 5:11). Shine. “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your