The Psalms can help us discover the beauty of “but” for our everyday prayers.

I'll never regret the night I laid out my complaints to God. Now I realize I was practicing a key component of lament.

We may pray with the psalmist, "How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?" And we may find from the psalmist a pathway to hope.

Pain and heartbreak and overwhelming grief are the perfect times to pray. Prayer has never been more real for some than in such moments of crisis.

Of the four Bible questions repeated n this short series, perhaps none came with more urgency than the Roman jailer’s.

We could find an answer to this question about anyone we know. What does it tell us they wanted to kill him for the answer he would have given about himself?

I need look no farther than the place Evelyn lives to find my answer to the question Jesus asked.

Mary and Joseph did not understand the question Jesus asked. But it leads us to reevaluate a question we may be asking God.

“Why do I deserve this?” We may ask the question when bad times come our way. Do we think to ask it when we’ve received a special blessing?

Jesus couldn’t ignore their bold move, but he gave them more than they likely expected.

The question would make a great meme, and each person’s answer can direct his future days.

What would have been different if he had come with even a couple of these attitudes?

All his life he felt less than. Could this miracle-working teacher show him his true worth?

Many caregivers can identify with Martha’s complaint. Many more would be helped by imitating Mary.

This is the “kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship.”

Despite his great learning from the Old Testament Scriptures, Nicodemus still had trouble acknowledging the divinity of the One those Scriptures had foretold. His was a struggle that has been repeated from his time till now.

Jesus loved him. Jesus called him. We can say both are true for us, too.

We can identify with the generosity reported in this passage because we’re still seeing it in the church today.

The passage has just one message, and it is a truth for every person in any situation.

Even with many legitimate criticisms and concerns for the church today, we read today’s passage and see that the church came from God.