"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’"..."You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Genesis 3:1, 4-5). When I was a little girl, I would often hear others say: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away. " It is iron

"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7). A couple years ago, I began to mentor a woman who once was a Beauty Queen. She spent much of her childhood dieting, training, and going to beauty pageants. I learned that the life of a Beauty Queen is everything but beautiful. The constant pressure of others focusing on her outer appearance takes its toll on the individual. Instead of conc

“Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations” (Romans 4:18). “Yet he did not waver through...