Your body does not belong to you. Do you believe this? I don’t mean doctrinally believe it — if you’re a Christian, you of course believe that “you are not your own” (1 Corinthians 6:19). I mean do you functionally believe this? It’s not difficult to tell. How you use your body reveals what you …
“What is your New Year’s resolution?” While I once, indeed, looked skeptically on these annual “to do” lists, I have amended my ways. While I was once concerned with making lists of aspirations that I could do anytime, not just at the start of a new year, I believe, now, that there is a “theology …
Prayerlessness is the great enemy of true happiness. If we give up on prayer, or refuse to pray, we surrender our seat at the very source of the highest and fullest joy. “You do not have, because you do not ask” (James 4:2). 1. Listen to my prayer. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; …
Do you often struggled with the passages in the Bible that talk about God making us into NEW creations; verses that tell us that God is doing a NEW thing. We often wonder, why isn’t He doing something new in me? I want to be a new person in Christ! New beginnings. New creations. Our …
Have you ever had a time, after getting yourself into a situation, you realize that you are in over your head? In Acts chapter four, we see a time when the new Christ-followers were in over their head. Their life shifted from normal, to magnificent, to horrifying in a short amount of time. How did …
What is forgiveness and why do I need it? The word “forgive” means to wipe the slate clean, to pardon, to cancel a debt. When we wrong someone, we seek their forgiveness for the relationship to be restored. Amnesty is not granted because a person deserves to be forgiven. No one deserves to be forgiven. …
The first question we need to ask ourselves is, “Is God really in control?” In order to trust Him, we need to know whether or not that trust is warranted. The Bible is clear that God’s will happens exactly as He purposes: “The LORD of hosts has sworn: ‘As I have planned, so shall it …
How Can I Trust That God Really Is in Control? Is God in Control? Read More »
Are you currently in a place of waiting? Perhaps you are waiting for a job, for healing, for restoration in a relationship, or for wisdom to know where you should go next. That place of waiting is a place we are all familiar with. It’s a place we find ourselves in often over the course …
No one travels through life without, at some point, experiencing the loss of someone or something dear. The loss of a loved one through death is one of life’s most intense challenges, and the pain can be overwhelming. But God doesn’t leave you to suffer alone. Find comfort in these verses from His Word: 1. …
Are You Grieving? Here Are 9 Bible Verses to Comfort You Read More »
Just because an opportunity presents itself, and it looks appealing, doesn’t necessarily mean it is from God. And likewise, just because an open door looks a little uncertain, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t walk through it. The key is knowing how to discern if an opportunity is really an open door from God. I don’t want …
