Fear and anxiety can take on many different forms, but God wants to provide His unchanging peace to every one of us who struggles. In this article, I’ll share the 4 kinds of prayer that will lead you to experience peace in your life.
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Country by country, state by state, town by town, block by block—the world is experiencing a pandemic that just a few months ago was an obscure news headline. If you’re feeling some anxiety and struggling to find peace, it’s certainly…
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We all long for inner peace, for what the Bible describes as shalom. It’s a Hebrew term that suggests many wonderful things: (1) wholeness, whether mental, emotional, or physical; (2) work that fulfills, in line with how you were created; (3) righteous victory over opponents; and (4) harmony in relationships. God is our source of shalom. He wants to heal your relational conflict. We’ll explain how in this article.
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When the unexpected is added to the challenges of the everyday, it can seem overwhelming. A cancer diagnosis … a job loss … a natural disaster. When circumstances seem out of our control, that’s when fear, anxiety, and worry can begin to consume us. So how can we find peace in the midst of it all?
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Is it possible to have a supernatural inner peace in such a violent and uncertain world, and if so, how? You might be surprised to find that the answer hasless to do with the evil and tragedy in the world,…
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Is there anything harder than relationships? Marriage brings countless opportunities for strife and dissension; same with raising kids. What about your unresolved issues with parents or old friends? Or co-workers and neighbors? Disagreements and friction are a given with we’re living alongside others, and yet God tells us to live peacefully with others.
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Are you content with what you have in your life? For many of us, this is a difficult question to answer “yes.” We are living in a culture where every commercial and every magazine and every advertisement tells us we need something more or better….
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What is the greatest fear you’re facing right now? What gets your stomach in knots? When you’re driving in your car and everything is quiet and your mind drifts, what makes your heart rate increase and you suddenly realize you’re…
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There are two different paths to achieve happiness in this life. Path number one is the option we are faced with every day. We might call it “the world’s way.” It’s not new. It was around a thousand years ago,…
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The enemy has creative ways of discouraging us during difficult times. Sometimes we stop having hope; other times we begin to see life as unfair and our circumstances as unjust. Or, other times, we’re just stuck in our emotions and pain. God knows your pain and has compassion for what we endure as sojourners on the earth. In His lovingkindness, He gives us encouragement for the journey.
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What could make a man who went from an athlete on the football field to a paraplegic in a wheelchair say, “If I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing”? In response to crisis and tragedy, he learned to shift his questions from those of a victim to those of an overcomer.
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BONUS: Quick access to register for Chip’s Daily Discipleship Challenge. Get equipped to face difficulties and overcome tragedy with God’s wisdom and perspective. How have hard times changed you? Have the difficult circumstances that you’ve faced made you stronger or…
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Being aware of our differences allows us to acknowledge, understand, and appreciate them. What a great opportunity to become an agent of God’s grace! But it’s not always that simple, right? That’s why I’m going to share the action plan I’ve seen transform relationships, my marriage included.
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Do you dream of living free from the vices that separate you from God? Or have you given up and started to assume that’s just how life is going to be and you’re powerless to fight? There’s a battle being fought for the throne of your heart. Will you give the “win” to false gods or the one, true God?
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God’s highest and best is achieved and accomplished in us when we choose to live a balanced life with healthy priorities. The question is: how do we achieve that in the current era of chronic busyness when our time is filled with good and necessary things?
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I used to think Jesus was unknowable, like a politician or a rock star. And then I encountered Him in a new way. Let’s ask four common questions and get to know Jesus the way we’d get to know a new friend, asking questions that uncover their story. It’s through these answers that we’ll be able to piece together the truth, answering “Who is Jesus?”
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Did you know that YOU are the single biggest influence on the lives and actions and behaviors of your kids? If you haven’t been parenting that way, it’s not too late to change direction. There is a way to achieve your dream of raising compassionate, character-filled kids, and you don’t need to be an expert to be the hero your kids need.
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As married couples, a lot of us are exhausted and out of ideas to create spiritual intimacy in our relationship. It might feel too vulnerable to seek God together, or you might be in a season where you aren’t interested in any kind of intimacy. Also, many of us have gotten to the point where we’ve resigned ourselves to going through the motions. God designed marriage to be so much more!
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Be encouraged today when you reflect on these 10 reminders from the Bible to pray faithfully, simply and confidently. We can approach God confidently. God wants to refine us through confession. Jesus wants us to remain in Him. Give thanks…
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Do you love hero movies? Franchises like Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings are insanely popular all over the world. It’s interesting how ancient knight-like warriors are still powerful images in our modern minds. Think of Obi-Wan Kenobi…
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“Don’t worry! Think positive! If you just believe everything is going to be okay, it will be.” That’s the message we sometimes hear from today’s self-help experts. But it’s hard to ignore that the world around us is struggling. Terrorism…
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It was 3:29 a.m. and I was wide-awake. The interruption from my deep and wonderful sleep began at about 2:58 a.m. Normally when this happens, I am bombarded by a long list of to-dos, a concern about a relationship, a…
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Ever have one of “those days” when everything just seems to be going wrong? You get up in the morning still tired from a less-than-perfect-night’s sleep and you turn on the news only to hear one catastrophe after another. You’re…
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It’s a fallen world. This means that the question isn’t, “Will we go through difficult times?” The right questions is, “How will we go through them?” Will we go through our crisis alone? Will we act like everything is okay? Will we…
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Some of the greatest joys you will ever experience during your time on this planet will be in a relationship. Yet some of the greatest sorrows and the greatest pain you will ever experience in your life will also be…
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Surely, love is more than a positive, emotional connection or feeling.
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What do you long for? What would give you a sense of satisfaction right now? Jesus promises that fulfillment. But we have to believe Him and follow His instructions to receive it.
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You know all of those commands in the Bible about helping others? It’s not a coincidence that they are written in the second person plural. That’s because we need each other. Living the Christian life can’t be done alone! We all need a word of encouragement, a word of admonishment, and comfort.
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It was 3:29 a.m. and I was wide-awake. The interruption from my deep and wonderful sleep began at about 2:58 a.m. Normally when this happens, I am bombarded by a long list of to-dos, a concern about a relationship, a…
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Do you struggle with doubt in an area of your life? Maybe you doubt your financial future or the future of our country. Or maybe you’re struggling in your marriage or with a child and you really doubt that God…
Read » Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25) As Christians, how do we know if we’re “in step” with the Holy Spirit? To answer this question, we must first understand the primary…
Read » What comes to mind when you think about the meaning of “diabolical”? By definition, diabolical means “anything that is extremely wicked, cruel and evil.” If we were thinking about it on a global scale, most of us would probably view…
Read » If you could describe in one word, the most painful, difficult, pressure-filled, negative experience that you’re facing right now in your life, what would it be? It’s that thing that bothers you the most and occupies your thoughts most of…
Read » These days many of us live with tremendous pressure: we feel stressed out, overwhelmed, and exhausted. It’s not uncommon for our lives feel completely out of control because we’re just too busy to keep up with everything. Sound familiar? If…
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Why do two people like a husband and wife — who honestly, deeply and sincerely love one another — get tangled up in such high levels of conflict that they choose to give up on their relationship? And why do…
Read » God’s Way of Responding to Betrayal One of the most difficult things we will ever face is how we respond when we are betrayed. So how are we supposed to respond when someone betrays us by walking out on us,…
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