Peace is related to the internal order of our lives and not to the external disorder of the world. Peace on earth is what we want, but peace with God is something we already have.
Read MoreIf God has accepted you, can’t you accept yourself?
Read MoreHope is the present assurance of some future good. David battled depression and wrote about it in Psalms. Through his writing we can see three scriptural ways to overcome depression.
Read MoreGod requires us to be merciful as He has been merciful to us, and to forgive as He has forgiven us. The following are steps to forgiving from our hearts.
Read MoreWe cannot make others what we want them to be, and they cannot keep us from being the person God created us to be. What we have freely received from God, we freely extend to others.
Read MoreWe glorify God by making ourselves known as Spirit-filled believers who give thanks to God always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read MoreThe old self was crucified with Christ, but as believers we have to do our part in putting off the old self and putting on the new self, which means we must practice what God has already made us to be.
Read MoreKnowing your identity in Christ is will change the way you live—because you cannot consistently live in a way that is inconsistent with what you believe.
Read MoreWe are not supposed to recognize Christians for who they were before Christ, but for who they now are in Christ. That is why the Bible does not identify believers as sinners, but instead they are identified as saints.
Read MoreThanks to the incredible redemptive work of Christ in your life, your old self has been replaced by a new self, governed by a new nature—one that was not there before. This new life characterizes you; not your past!
Read MoreBut by virtue of the crucifixion of the old self, sin's power over you is broken. You are no longer under any obligation to serve sin, to obey sin, or to respond to sin.
Read MoreChristian leaders are not supposed to rely on their position as the basis for their leadership. Good, Christian leadership is not position based; it is character based.
Read MoreSuccess is knowing God, accepting His goal for our lives, and—by His grace—becoming the person He created us to be.
Read MorePeople who are caught in the sin-confess-sin-confess-sin-confess cycle eventually begin to lose hope that they can experience any real victory over sin. But there is hope to breaking this cycle! Freedom can be yours.
Read MoreWe don’t have to wait until life falls apart to find out whether our walk with God is true or not. The emotional response to what we think and believe is revealing whether we are on the right path.
Read MoreWhat should we do when someone wrongly judges us and attacks our character?
Read MoreEvery believer has struggled with condemning thoughts, but when we put on the armor of God, we are putting on the breastplate of righteousness, which is our defense against Satan’s accusations.
Read MoreWe are all God’s children and we all have the same access to our Heavenly Father. By encouraging individuals to seek God’s wisdom by asking Him directly, we are immediately connecting them with God in the process.
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