The Stronghold of Christ’s Likeness
The purpose of all aspects of spirituality, warfare included, is to bring us into the image of Christ. Nothing -- not worship or warfare, neither love nor deliverance -- is truly attainable if we…
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Does God answer specific prayers?
The distinction between coincidence and God’s activity in your life is important because it will affect your ability to thank God for the many things he provides.
Praying on Behalf of Others
...So I prayed for him. Interceded for him. Not a long prayer, just one that asked God to help this brother forgive his mom for so much pain, and that they might be able…
The Power of Who You Are
No one cares if you are a Christian. They just want to know: Can you paint? Can you compute? Can you run a company? Can you manage this store?
Desperate Dads Go to Jesus
A desperate father doesn’t barter with Jesus. He doesn’t negotiate. He doesn’t make excuses. He just pleads!
God Hears Halfhearted Prayer
How wonderfu it is that God has nonetheless heard our cold prayers, and not only heard, but answered them!
Molded by the World
Don't be molded by the world. Wow, isn't that a tough one to obey. It's a reminder that what we think is one of the places of greatest spiritual warfare. Sloppy thinking is more…
The Tethered Self
Are you so tethered that you can’t connect with people nearby? Do media distract you from meaningful friendships with people and God?
7 Good Things about Stepping Out
7 Good Things about Stepping Out. You may not know where you are going, but you can be confident that the One who has called you will get you there. Genesis 12:1
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS?
Have you Heard of the Four Spiritual Laws? Law one: 1. God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life.
Broken Heart
A heart can be broken when placed in the hands of those who do not value its precious nature. Thankfully God can restore a broken heart.
Bearing Fruit
Bearing Fruit: “The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results.” James 5:16
You Are What You Eat
How many of our inputs carry God’s voice and his values into our hearts? Influences to our heart are like food for the body. Good or bad.
Happy Holidays? Halloween?
Historically, Halloween was a Christian holiday known as "All Hallows Eve," since the following day was "All Saints Day," What happened?
Coming Alongside
We don't save anybody, convince anybody, "win" anybody to Christ or close the deal. All that is God's business.
God, the Healer of Broken Hearts!
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [curing their pains and their sorrows]." Psalm 147:3 "THE SPIRIT of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified Me…
‘Don’t you know who I am?’
I’ve spent most of my life believing I was better than everybody else. Would you feel at home in an AA meeting or out of sorts?
Know Pain, Know Gain
The author of Hebrews presents this paradigm — failure, pain, and hardship as essential to future victory — as a way God shapes his children
A Daily Blessing
“I ask the Father in his great glory to give you the power to be strong inwardly through his Spirit.” Ephesians 3:16 (NCV) A blessing.
Denying God
"I pray that your confidence is found in Christ for such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 2 Corinthians 3:4-
The Stones Cry Out
If the stones were to speak, they could tell of how God took them from the quarry, shaped them, and made them fit for the temple. We too can testify of all the ways…
Where Grace Abounds?
If a recently released Christian prisoner came to your church, would he feel welcome? Would you welcome him?
Agents of the Holy Spirit
We are agents of the Holy Spirit. We simply tell the truth about God and His word, and let it stand at that.