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.
Read MoreGod is looking for servant leaders who humbly intercede for the people they lead, even when they rebel against them.
Read MoreGod 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.
Read MoreWhether 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.
Read MoreUnder the Old Covenant, the children of Israel had to abide by the Law in their own strength. But they could not do it, and neither can we. Now we have the Spirit! Let’s look to Scripture to see what this looks like practically.
Read MoreYears of exposure and experience in life have etched grooves in our memory banks—often resulting in emotional baggage. You must learn how to resolve previous conflicts or the emotional baggage will accumulate and the past will control your life.
Read MoreEvery 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?
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreCounseling 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.
Read MoreJesus has given us so many blessings; just look at Romans 5. The meaning and magnitude of Jesus’ death and resurrection has granted us a beautiful life, and it ought to be lived to the full right now as Jesus himself said (John 10:10)!
Read MoreIn a world filled with darkness and dissension, people are hungry for kindness. When our kindness is based on the gospel, it can absolutely change the world.
Read MoreGod sanctifies us and removes the pollution of sin from our lives the moment we put our faith in Him.
Read MoreMaybe the letdown of yesterday has caused you to be slow to believe and have hope for today, like the men on the road to Emmaus. If so, I encourage you to invite the resurrected Jesus to meet you in your place of discouragement. He’d love to walk with you down the road a bit.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreMay these truths serve as warnings and encouragements to us in our daily thoughts and practices with God’s resources and money.
Read MoreMaybe you feel like many of your life goals and desires remain unfulfilled. Maybe lies, discouragement, or defeat flood your mind and you wonder what God is up to. Maybe you feel like God has let you down. Hear this: don’t lose heart.
Read MoreAt 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.
Read MoreIt’s easy to get too busy or too self-focused to remember God’s greatness. Do you struggle this way too? God reminded me this week in Psalm 139 of how incredibly awesome He is. Maybe this will help you as it as helped me!
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