Escaping from the House of Mirrors
If you’ve ever visited a carnival or amusement park, you may have visited the House of Mirrors. It’s a place where everything is distorted. Fat people look skinny, skinny people look fat, and everyone looks strange. Although you can recognize yourself in the twisted mirrors, they don’t provide an accurate picture of what you really look like.
I’ve discovered that if we don’t stand in our true…
How to Pursue Peace in Every Relationship
Relationships are an important part of life. Healthy relationships have the ability to bring us great joy and satisfaction; however, unhealthy ones can make life miserable.
Throughout my life, God’s Word has taught me so many great lessons about how to get along with people — something I wasn’t very good at for a long time. But the greatest lesson was this: Choose to live in peace with others.…
Selfcare Is Not Selfish – Part 1
Selfcare is not indulgent or selfish, especially during this extraordinary time. As we face new unknowns daily, overwhelming statistics and an uncertain future, it is easy to slip into depression. We need to monitor ourselves and take preventive measures to avoid, or at least lessen the impact on our mental health. No one knows how long this pandemic will last, and the health care professionals…
Enter God’s Rest
"They were not able to enter because of their unwillingness to adhere to and trust in and rely on God ."—Hebrews 3:19 AMPC
Why is rest so important? A life filled with rest is freed from fear and worry, without stress or anxiety. It is a life in which we trust God completely; we know and believe His Word and stand on His promises. This is a lifestyle that leads to health, enables us to think…
The Lie of Me Against the World
Excerpt from Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It’s Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind ... by Louie Giglio
THE LIE OF ME AGAINST THE WORLD
I was talking to a guy not long ago who told me he had just quit his job. I asked why. He said everybody hated him at the place he worked. He mentioned the company, and I’d thought he worked at a different company, so I named it.…
Faith’s Song
A young girl’s faith is tested when her parents are suddenly killed in a car accident and she is forced to move in with relatives who don’t share her belief in God. The talented singer, who desires to worship God with her songs, is now in a new city at a new school with no friends. With both her relatives and classmates mocking her faith, she must come to grips with either fitting in or following…
I’ve Been Disappointed by People Who I Thought Were My Friends
Have you watched children interact on the playground or in a group setting? Similar to adults, some of the young ones gather together to play a game or enjoy events, while others may stand off to the side and watch. Children and adults can be disappointed when they are not included. Perhaps you have expressed, “I’ve been disappointed by people who I thought were my friends. Can I ever trust…
Tim Mahoney and The 7 Churches of Revelation (Part 3)
John Farrell: It’s rare to see an international partnership like the one you have with Thinking Man Films, Revelation Media, and Millennium Production, all working together on a film series such as The 7 Churches of Revelation: Times of Fire. To your knowledge, is this the first time something like this has happened? How do the three entities work together to create this film series?
Tim…
The Jesus I Know
You may remember her as a morning talk show host on Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee, or perhaps you’ve heard her sing, read one of her books, or watched a movie she acted in or wrote.
Kathie Lee Gifford’s illustrious career in entertainment spans decades and earned her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But it's her deep and abiding faith that continues to guide and sustain her today.
In…
How to Have Meaningful Conversations About Money with Your Spouse
My dad, Dave Ramsey, filed for bankruptcy the year I was born.
My older sister was about three. So, with a brand-new baby, a toddler, and as dad says all the time, “a marriage hanging by a thread,” things hit rock bottom. Hard. It took them a good five years to climb out of that hole—right around the same time of my earliest memories.
Because of my parents’ hard work after that…