You and I live in a society where instant gratification is not only desired, but also demanded. We want what we want when we want it. And with constant advances in technology, in lots of cases those desires of the momentcanbe instantly fulfilled. Want news? There are plenty of apps for that. Something to eat? Just hit up a quick-service restaurant. Need to do some online s...

Americans are well acquainted with the idea of pursuing happiness. Our "unalienable right" to do so is laid out in the Constitution. But we're not alone in our pursuit. Every person on the planet is a happiness seeker, whether they know it or not. It's part of human wiring, part of the way God fearfully and wonderfully created us. But there's a problem. The problem is th...

When people we love are going through hard things, we want to comfort them in any way we can. We feel for them, we're filled with care and compassion toward them, so we seek to console them. But sometimes our efforts to help can go wrong. Let's say you're out for coffee with a close friend one afternoon. You ask how he's been doing, and as he responds he becomes noticeab...

Have you had any food yet today? If not, do you plan to eat soon? If we were talking about physical food here, I'm guessing your answer to at least one of those questions would be yes. It's not uncommon to skip a meal every now and then, but not eating at all over the course of a day? Unlikely. What about spiritual food? Have you fed on the Word of God yet today? Scriptu...