Satan is a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:9), so he tends to make a lot of noise. This tends to create anxiety and frustration, and sometimes, we may even feel that the Lord is silent, so He must not care. This can cause our trust in God to vacillate.
Read MoreWhen it comes to the quality of their marriages, many husbands have become experts at comparing themselves to others. Christian husbands especially may be tempted to look at the way the world operates and think, “I am affectionate and faithful, a leader and a provider, as the Scriptures say I should be. I’m glad I’m getting it right!”
Read MoreBible prophecy can be confusing to us. We wonder how does this work? What goes where? And we hear terms like Armageddon, Antichrist, the mark of the beast, the Rapture, the Second Coming, the Millennium . . .
Read MoreThese are not just good habits or traits that we can exhibit whenever we feel like it, but rather virtues that we are called to demonstrate as part of our everyday Christian life. Below are some prayers you can use to express your desire to live out these virtues.
Read MoreFor the believer, patience is built upon the absolute, unshakable belief that God is sovereign. We can be patient because we know we are neither forgotten nor forsaken by our heavenly Father. Patience is the result of knowing that God has every detail of our lives under control. Nothing escapes His eternal care.
Read MoreFreedom. We yearn for it. We dream of a life with no barriers, no boundaries, a life of free will where we can do whatever, whenever, however, with whomever we wish. But, let's pause and ponder on this for a moment. What is true freedom? Is it really the absence of rules, regulations, or a framework?
Read MoreLife is full of mysteries. For me, one of the most significant is sanctification—the Holy Spirit’s work of conforming believers into the image of Christ. How the Spirit works to get more of the nature of Jesus into us so that His nature will be lived through us is fantastic. It’s a life-long process that the Bible says begins in an instant.
Read MoreThere is only one true God, and He demands exclusive worship. That is the essence of the first commandment God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. It is also the unshakable and unchanging truth about God from eternity past to eternity future.
Read MoreCan we know for sure that God really exists? The sceptics say it’s foolish to believe in an invisible, impersonal God without empirical proof that He exists. And yet, believers will tell you that although God’s existence can’t be proved scientifically, the weight of evidence not only makes it possible to believe in God’s existence–it make it hard to ignore.
Read MoreA church as God intends it is not a gathering of people who sit back and listen to one person preach. Instead, one life touches the life of another, who then touches the lives of people in his or her sphere of influence—those whom the originator would never have known.
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