Jesus offers salvation to everyone regardless of who they are or what they've done. When He is present in our lives, He carries us through every storm of life and gives us peace.

The love we find in Christ gives birth to brotherly love between believers. That love should continue to grow as long as we are alive.

Just as the innkeeper in the nativity story didn't have room for Jesus, so we often can't find room for Jesus in our lives. The truth is we never find room for Him; we have to make room.

Gratitude is one of the most neglected virtues in today's culture. Gratitude will change our lives, but we'll never experience true gratitude until we put the attitude of entitlement to death in our hearts.

One of the earmarks of a genuine surrender to Jesus is a changed life. A saved person lives differently than he or she did in the past. That life is marked by holiness.

The person who humbly offers himself or herself to Jesus to be used in whatever capacity He needs them is the unknown hero of the kingdom of God.