How to Find True Significance
God invests in those who embrace and put to use the understanding they have. Yet, we need to remember how this actually works. It is not by personal effort alone. It is by letting God work and responding to His promptings.
Finding Fulfillment
Being fulfilled is a result of serving others. But it is hard to get there...
Success: God's Goal for Us
Success as defined by ourselves, our peers, or our environments is pretty slippery. But when we look to God, we can know success. We experience success when we let God develop His character in us.
Review of "Thriving Through the End Times"
In Thriving Through the End Times, Neil gives us clear guidance and abundant hope that we can live as God’s people and point others to the Father by the power of the Spirit and the truth of God’s Word.
Rejoice With Others and Weep With Others
Would you describe your love towards others as genuine? How are you doing “rejoicing with those who rejoice and weeping with those who weep?” Is it hard for you to enter into their pain or their celebration?
Guard Your Heart
Guarding our own heart is our responsibility and serves to protect the teachings of God and our trust in Him. Dear Saints, how are you doing at guarding your heart and clinging to the truth that God has taught you?
Stay In Touch With Reality
This world and the challenges we face can be wearisome, emotionally taxing, or even downright painful. But the solution is not to escape reality; it’s to connect with our Father. Are you confident that Jesus will meet you in facing that reality?
You are a Saint
Being a saint doesn’t mean you are perfect. It doesn’t mean you have lived such a good life that you get categorized in a different level of humanity—or that you have to live by a strict set of rules set by God Himself. Being a saint means that Christ has effected such a tremendous salvation that, we are changed and ‘set apart’ through Him.
Moles in the Yard
“Moles” in the mind take us to shame, anxiety, the sad and the mad—and away from the nourishing presence of Jesus. Let’s use our spiritual weapons that Christ gave us and fight back.
Praying with Authority
Every believer has the spiritual authority to do God’s will and carry on the ministry of Christ; we do this through prayer. Praying with authority is not expressing our will to God but discerning God’s will and claiming the answer with confidence.
The Effects of the Fall
The effects of man's fall were dramatic, immediate and far-reaching, infecting every subsequent member of the human race. Let’s see how Jesus remedied sin and His relationship to His children.
Only God is God
The problem with man's attempt at being his own god is that he was never designed to occupy that role. Being God is God's capacity alone.
Our Relationship to Sin
Even though you are dead to sin, sin's strong appeal may still cause you to struggle with feeling that you are more alive to sin than you are to Christ. Our freedom was purchased through Christ on the cross.
Confronting Self Deception
Satan’s most insidious weapon is deception because we don’t know when we are being deceived. Let’s take a look at 8 common ways where we can commonly be deceived.
Expressing Your Needs
When a legitimate need is made known within a relationship, trust God to bring the conviction that will inspire the person to meet the need.
Led by the Spirit
Being led by the Spirit implies that we are not being pushed. God’s children know His word and are led by His Spirit.
A Convicting Conscience
Guilt is a judicial concept. To be guilty there has to be a standard or law, of which one fails in their conduct to measure up. Sin means to miss the mark, or fall short of the required behavior. Since we have all sinned, we are all guilty and in need of forgiveness.
Basic Needs of a Christian
Acceptance and affirmation are two of the most basic needs we all have. Those who are accepted and affirmed will voluntarily be accountable to authority figures.