You Were Created to Live Sent
Excerpt taken from You Are Sent: Finding Your Place in God’s Global Mission by Nathan Sloan
Identity can be a tricky thing. We can find our identity in being a son or daughter, a parent, a teacher, a businessman, or a barista. The list goes on. As Christians, however, our primary identity is found in Christ. We are first and foremost children of God. Everything else in life should be…
A High School Story
Travel back in time to classic 80s comedies with A High School Story! A typical high school football player meets a typical (former) high school cheerleader, but the results are anything but typical. As the new kid in town, Derek (Luke Bote) doesn’t have much chance at starting on the football team. As a shy ballet dancer, Emma (Hannah Thomas) has been kicked off the cheerleading squad for no…
Special Needs Children: Gifts and God’s Grace
“G’wace, G’wace. You okay. Calm down.” Two-year-old Elizabeth ran to her four-year-old sister. Touching Grace’s arm, Elizabeth said, “G’wace, bweathe. Bweathe.” Grace was in the midst of a melt down. But at Elizabeth’s words, she began to calm down. “Here, G’wace, here’s your blankie.”
You see, four-year-old Grace has autism and even though Elizabeth is only two, she is learning to help her…
Poverty Cure
The aid and assistance we provide to those we think are in need in third-world countries may actually be causing more harm than good.
Poverty Cure is a six-episode documentary-style series created to humanize a forgotten portion of our population living in poverty around the world.
It's time to rethink poverty.
Watch on Inspiration TV:
Monday. May 20 at 3 a.m. ET | 03:00…
Simple Steps to Lasting Happiness
Excerpt from the book Simple Steps to Lasting Happiness by Inspiration Ministries
Coming Back to Life
One of the Bible’s most incredible statements is that the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead now lives in us (Romans 8:11). Why then are there so many believers who have dead areas in their lives, still awaiting Christ’s resurrection life?
If you think about it, just about…
Destructive Eating Behaviors (Part 2)
Excerpt from Love to Eat, Hate to Eat: Breaking the Bondage of Destructive Eating Habits by Elyse Fitzpatrick
Self-Centered Laws
Marlene’s god, “I must be thinner than my sisters,” had also created commandments that she had to follow. These laws were: “Thou shalt not eat sugar,” “Thou shalt not eat potato chips,” “Thou shalt burn off at least 500 calories in exercise…
Your Authority In Christ
The Bible gives us this incredible promise in 1 John 4:17: “…as He is, so also are we in this world.” That statement can radically change your life. In this video teaching, Dr. Mike Smalley provides step-by-step guidance for growing in faith by learning who you are in Christ.
Each lesson provides key foundational principles to help you grow through believing in your heart what the Bible says…
Do You Practice His Word?
As a believer, you know that Jesus taught you to demonstrate your commitment to Him through the things you do.
It’s not enough to merely cry out to him in confession of your sin or proclamation of your love for Him. He also instructs you to be obedient to His Word (Matthew 7:24).
If you listen, keep, and do His Word, you will receive the fulfillment of His promises and the richness of His…
Misplaced Confidence
Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself.—Job 5:27 NASB
Job’s friends were confident, sure they knew the reasons for Job’s problems. Eliphaz, for example, emphatically declared they had investigated his condition and concluded that Job must have started trouble for himself. Eliphaz counseled Job to seek God, humble himself, and repent of pride.…
Fame and Pride
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.—Proverbs 16:18
“Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.” These are the observations of Roman historian Tacitus, the results of his extensive studies of history.
In our time, we see how the drive for fame can be addictive. We see this among politicians and entertainers, authors and athletes,…