Have you ever thought about ‘the law of first impression,' spiritually speaking? This law says that the FIRST thing we are impacted with (the first impression on us) is the most influential. Other, subsequent things ...

James 1:2 says to ‘count it all joy' when we experience trials and temptations in life. Paul says basically the same thing in I Thessalonians 5:18: "In everything give thanks." At first glance, it might ...