Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens.” Mark 4:26–27 (NLT) Today’s verses show how the kingdom of God works. It also explains how you can begin to see miracles in your life. When you plant beliefs in your heart by meditating on God’s promises, these beliefs produce even while you’re sleeping. In Jesus’ parable, the man went to sleep after planting the seed and it grew anyhow—he didn’t even know how it grew. The same is true of your heart. You don’t need to worry about getting God’s promises to work in your life. Plant …

I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. Psalm 63:6 (NLT)  If you don’t begin to cultivate your inner world, you will spend your life trying to fix everything on the outside. You’ll focus on questions like, “How can I handle two kids when I’m struggling with one? How do I balance time for my career, marriage, kids and health? How will I ever get all of my bills paid?” These are all questions that deal with your outer world. In reality, they’re easy to handle if you have your inner work done! I can show you people handling ten times more with peace and joy. But this rest doesn’t just come from developing good time management skills. It all starts …

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” John 14:27 (NLT) When my wife Sally and I became the pastors of Springs Church, I knew I had a lot to learn. In response to the pressure I faced, I began to spend more time with God. As God’s Word changed my expectations, I began to develop a great vision for the future. The more pressure I felt, the more I focused on this vision. As the church kept growing, Holy Spirit and God’s Word kept increasing the capacity of my heart to handle what needed to be done.  When you feel stressed out, you …

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NLT) You can go through life feeling emotionally flat and empty, or you can live with passion and excitement. The key is to get your heart convinced of God’s promises. Actually, persuading your heart is the answer to every struggle you face.  When you find that you’re having trouble getting through each day, you need to get persuaded on the fact that you have immeasurable strength within you because Christ is in you. Meditating on Bible verses like Philippians 4:13 (NKJV) which says, “I can do all things …

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. Hebrews 4:9–11 (NKJV) Today it can be easy to get caught up with trying to make life work. You can get so occupied with working at your marriage, parenting your kids, advancing at work and bettering your health that you get stressed-out, worried and overwhelmed. It can seem like there aren’t enough hours in the day, but this is not the way God designed us to live. There is a rest that you can have in this …