A Matter of Being Someone
Being a Christian is not just a matter of getting something; it's a matter of being someone. A Christian is not simply a person who gets forgiveness, heaven, and the Holy Spirit. In terms of our deepest identity, a Christian is a saint, a spiritually born child of God, a divine masterpiece.
Identifying a Christian Leader
A Christian leader should be identified by his commitment to the truth, his righteous life and his servant's heart.
Sing and Make Melody
What role does music play in your life? Are you filling your mind and home with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs? Or are you allowing destructive music to rob you of your joy and vitality in the Lord?
Satan's Show of Power
The devil's bark is much bigger than his bite. Stand firm in the faith and resist him, and he will flee.
Denying Yourself
When you deny yourself, you invite God to take the throne of your life, to occupy what is rightfully His, so that you may function as a person who is spiritually alive in Christ. Denying yourself is essential to spiritual freedom.
A Struggling Saint
Do you ever do things that you know you don’t want to do? Sometimes it’s easy to fall susceptible to sin we know we should avoid. This doesn’t make you “bad.” This just means you’re a saint with struggles.
Humble Intercession
God is looking for servant leaders who humbly intercede for the people they lead, even when they rebel against them.
If He Wills
God will never command us to do something that He will not empower us to do. It is never a question of whether God can, but if He wills. If He wills, then we can—if we believe.
From Setback to Comeback – Part 2
Whether it’s a small interruption or a huge disappointment, we all experience setbacks in life. Yet, every setback is a battle we can ask God to help us win. The second step towards changing a setback into a comeback is to be intentional.
From Setback to Comeback – Part 1
Every setback we experience is a battle we can ask God to help us win. But we do have a choice in the matter: Will we allow our setbacks to define us? Or will we accept the setback as an opportunity to let God help us leverage it into a comeback?
Holiness Transforms Us
For many of us, choosing to follow Christ brought us out of darkness and led to us making profound and positive changes. The beauty of holiness transforms our lives and the world around us.
A Compassionate Counselor
Counseling seeks to help people deal with the present by resolving conflicts from the past. Whether you sit on the platform or in the pew, at a desk in a clinic or at a dining room table, God can use you to minister to people with problems if you are compassionate.
Becoming Like Jesus
God sanctifies us and removes the pollution of sin from our lives the moment we put our faith in Him.
A Child's Best Defense
As you carefully and prayerfully guard and nurture your freedom in Christ, chances are that your children will walk in freedom also. A child's best defense against demonic attack is his simple, trusting faith.
A Change in Our Very Essence
At salvation, God changed our very essence. You are no longer in the flesh; you are in Christ. You had a sinful nature before your conversion, but now you are a partaker of Christ’s divine nature.
Where do I run?
Have you ever wanted to run away from God? Be encouraged; you’re not alone. Continue reading for 3 truths from Scripture to combat the feeling of wanting to run.
The God of Compassion
The story of God’s grace is so powerful that it changes me time and time again. One day God will make perfect sense of all things, but until then, I choose to hold tight to His grace despite all that doesn’t make sense.