Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

The Scripture says, "What is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away" (James 4:14). Even the cynical and secular at times think deeply about life and eternity. I am convinced that if people gave more thought to death, eternity, and judgment, there would be more holy living and a greater consciousness of God.

Do others see something of Christ in your life? Do they see a "family resemblance" to Him by the way you live?

It is entirely possible to be deeply sorry because of the devastation which sin has wrought in our lives—and yet not repent.

If there are any tears shed in heaven, they will be over the fact that we prayed so little.

Nothing made by the hand of man has ever been so beautiful as starlight on the water or moonlight on the snow. And the same hand that made trees and fields and flowers, the seas and hills, the clouds and sky, has been making a home for us called heaven.

Jesus] had only three years of public ministry, but He was never too hurried to spend hours in prayer . . . No day began or closed in which He was not in communion with His Father.

Our ministries are strengthened, sometimes more than we realize, by our devotional life.

We cannot be satisfied with our goodness after beholding the holiness of God.

The Book of Psalms is the Bible's hymnbook. It will show you what it means to walk with God in prayer and praise.

God's judgment echoes the sound of hoofbeats, but God's love quietly convicts.

Whether prayer changes our situation or not, one thing is certain: Prayer will change us!