Feelings can be fickle and human emotions are not accurate indicators of the reality of God’s promises. How can you be sure that what you feel is real?

Have you ever paused to consider how repaying a gift may actually show disrespect?

Are you wearing a mask? Sadly, some never take off their masks. They wear them throughout the year. They do it not for candy, but for the admiration of others and in the hope that they might please God. They’re afraid of revealing what is under the mask and may even try to hide it from themselves.

How do you define greatness? A quick search reveals that most think of it as being better in comparison to others. It’s measured by your achievements. If you rise above the crowd, then you’re considered great.

But that standard lacks clarity. How many others do you have to be better than? Who judges whether your accomplishment is better? Are you still great if someone else does better than you?

Imagine you were trying to find God in the midst of a deep fog. You want to be closer to him, but it seems so hard to find him. You don’t know which way to turn. You feel lost. How far do you go? Which way do you turn? It’s a navigational nightmare. And it all depends on you to take the right steps. Sadly, this is what it can be like for many of our Mormon friends.

Have you ever been in a large group of people and yet felt all alone?

Fire is a fascinating image in the Bible. One of the most common associations is judgment. That’s understandable since God describes himself as a “consuming fire.”

Yet a closer study reveals that fire is not exclusively a picture of judgment…