How Deep Is Your Faith?
By God’s Word, He promises to give us wisdom and revelation of what our relationship with Him should be like. He gives this to us so we can stand in the faith of His calling to receive the joy of the great riches of His inheritance.
Although we’ve been given this great gift, many of God’s people today haven’t learned to walk in the authority of His Word in all situations, good or bad.…
Dad Tired … And Loving It
Book Excerpt from Dad Tired and Loving It: Stumbling Your Way to Spiritual Leadership by Jerrad Lopes
Color Blind
Why the Gospel Chances Everything
I’m color-blind.
Sometimes I find myself watching online videos of color-blind people trying on corrective color-blind glasses for the first time. In case you haven’t heard, apparently someone has invented eyeglasses that can allow a color-blind…
The Whisper of God’s Spirit
The Bible says, “Live by following the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16) and, “The true children of God are those who let God’s Spirit lead them” (Romans 8:14). To hear many of us talk, you’d think we didn’t believe these verses. You’d think we didn’t believe in the Trinity. We talk about the Father and study the Son, but when it comes to the Holy Spirit, we are confused at best and frightened at worst.…
Power to Break Every Chain
The early church didn’t have the technology we have. They didn’t have computers, smartphones, or the Internet. And they couldn’t get on an airplane and fly around the world to preach the Gospel.
So what was the secret of their power to turn the world upside down for Christ?
For one thing, the believers described in the book of Acts understood the incredible power they had in the name of…
Role Model
“No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”—2 Corinthians 11:14 NASB
To many people, Satan is a kind of role model. He represents a lifestyle and attitude they admire. They admire his independence. And his example provides a model for their attitudes and actions.
We see a demonstration of his attitude in his interaction with Jesus during His temptation. We see this in…
Amy Baik Lee and This Homeward Ache
This Homeward Ache started with a trail of moments of longing that Amy Baik Lee encountered while growing up and throughout her life. These moments, such as a song, a view, or a passage in a book, would strike her in a way that brought tears. She didn’t understand this longing, what she was feeling, or what she was experiencing until she came across Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis. In it, he…
I Want to Live
What does God do with a good ol’ southern boy taken captive by the demon of alcohol? He meets him at death’s door with love and forgiveness.
And that good ol’ southern boy—what does he do? He accepts that love and the transformation it brings. Here’s his story!
Scott grew up in church, and he never strayed from his commitment to his faith. But a friendship with alcohol developed into a…
Clancy
Sometimes people run away because they want to be found.
The movie Clancy is about a young girl named Clancy (Christina Fougnie, The Perfect Gift) who has a simple and trusting faith in God. She runs away from her drug-addict mother to avoid being taken by social services. When a homeless Gulf War vet (Jefferson Moore, The Stranger) who’s given up on life finds her, their unlikely friendship…
Give Your Soul a Vacation!
One of the most comforting scriptures in the Bible is Matthew 11:28 (AMPC). In this verse, Jesus tells us, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. ”
I think it’s interesting to note here that Jesus said He would “ease and relieve and refresh” our souls, not our bodies. It sounds like He’s saying we need to give our souls a vacation.…
5 Small Ways to Save Money Today!
Saving money can sometimes seem like an insurmountable task. Many people feel that they simply need to make more in order to ever save anything, but that isn’t the only solution. Whether you are living paycheck-to-paycheck or have family expenses that seem to take up most of what you earn, there are some small ways you can start saving money today.
Create a Budget Plan
A couple of dollars…