Teach Your Loved Ones to Manage Their Money Wisely
Did you know that your money is the clearest barometer of your soul, more than anything else going on in your life? Imagine your wallet or your 401k, or your purse. Now imagine a chain connecting it to your heart, so that wherever your money goes your heart goes too. Our money reveals our priorities, our values, and where our heart is.
Read MoreGod Is Faithful in Our Weakness
God shows us His faithfulness in the way that He shapes our life. The way He intervenes in our lives when we are weak, when we are tempted, when we sin, and when we utterly fail.
Read MoreThe Holiness of God and Why It Matters
These days, it’s common for believers to view Jesus as a friend. Although it is true that when we have a relationship with Jesus, He is accessible and calls us “friend,” too often we forget that He is also holy.
Read MoreDo You Believe God is in Control of Your Life?
The truth is: Nothing will come into my life or your life today that God did not either allow or decree for our ultimate good. He’s in control even in our fallen world where terrible things happen and people do terrible things. He’s in control even when there are things we don’t understand.
Read MoreOvercoming the Fear of the Uncertain Future
In this climate, taking responsibility and being informed is really important for us as Christians, but what’s even more important is the way we as everyday believers respond amidst these uncertain times. This could be the greatest and most strategic opportunity for the body of Christ to respond in decades.
Read MoreChristmas: The Greatest Rescue Story
The most amazing, most powerful, and most stunning rescue story of all – not just in all time but also in all history – is what we call “the Christmas story.”
Read MoreDoes Love Equal Obedience?
Surely, love is more than a positive, emotional connection or feeling.
Read MoreHow to Love Others as Jesus Did
The Bible makes it clear that you and I – as part of Christ’s spiritual body called the church – are the means by which God communicates His love to a world of hurting people. You and I have a divine appointment in that coffee shop or wherever He takes us! Even to people we might not naturally associate with.
Read MoreHow to Fight Fair in Your Marriage
When it comes to conflict in relationships, is your inclination to withdraw or is it to attack? If you want to learn how to “fight fair” in your marriage, you need to know your conflict communication style!
Read MoreThe Key to Having Better Communication in Your Marriage
What does it truly mean to communicate? You might be surprised to learn that communication is not talking. Communication is getting what’s in your heart, into the heart and mind of your mate.
Read MoreHow to Overcome Common Barriers to Intimacy in Marriage
In reality, we all struggle with conflict in our relationships because we all experience the common sin barriers to intimacy. The result of our sin is that we knowingly and unknowingly put up protective walls that keep us from being deeply touched and loved in ways we’re desperate to experience.
Read MoreWhy We Should Include God in Our Planning
When we make job decisions apart from God, we’re saying we know more than God. We’re saying we think things like the economy, our health, the company’s mission and so on are to stay the same. We’re saying we’re the exceptions – we’re not going to get sick or a family member isn’t going to have an emergency or there’s not going to be a natural disaster.
Read MoreWhy We Need to Stop Tearing One Another Down with Our Words
Few things have the power to ruin a relationship like critical, inaccurate, hostile or even slanderous words.
Read MoreHow to Stay Sexually Pure in a Sex-Saturated World
Sexual purity demands a game plan, so use these four specific ways to develop a game plan: 1) develop convictions, 2) ponder the consequences, 3) make pre-decisions, and 4) get accountability.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Difference Between Love and Sex
Sex was meant to bond two people at the soul, the heart, the emotions, and the mind. It is a wonderful, supernatural, gift from our Creator. So when something so holy is used lightly, it produces pain, and chaos.
Read MoreThe Three Types of Love According to the Bible
How can we know if we’re in love? We have to first know what love is and what the types of love are.
Read MoreHow to Get Hugs from a Spiritual God
We express our love for Christ by expressing our love for his people. We give our time and energy, our resources and emotions, as directed by the Holy Spirit, so that Christ who is in us can express His love for others.
Read MoreGod’s Gift for the Overwhelmed and Overcommitted
God understood our human tendencies to live in fear and be anxious about the future and work longer hours than we should, so He created the Sabbath.
Read MoreWhat Does It Mean that God Is Sovereign?
God’s sovereignty means that there isn’t anything that will enter your life that God does not either decree or allow. And nothing will ever enter your life that, if you are willing to trust in him, he cannot work out for your good.
Read MoreSeeing Yourself the Way God Sees You
Changing how we think about ourselves is possible! We just need to get God’s truth in our mind so that it can sink down deep into our heart. It might take a rigorous plan and ongoing accountability, but the rewards are well worth it.
Read MoreHow to Be a Christian in the Trump Era
In this era of anger and polarization, how can Christians really live like Christians? This pastoral word provides practical ways to live out our faith in these turbulent times. Whether on social media or around the dinner table, discover how you can bring light rather than heat to the conversation.
Read MoreTame Your Temper with God’s Anger Management Plan
The problem isn’t that we get angry; it’s what we do with our angry feelings. Why does it matter so much? If left uncontrolled, our anger can destroy us and those around us.
Read MoreHow to Overcome the Spiritual Barrier to Intimacy in Marriage
We all need someone to remove the barriers of sin, shame, and selfishness that come between us and God, and us and our spouses. We all need forgiveness. And that can only come from Christ.
Read MoreDiscovering Your Kingdom Purpose
The Bible says we are here on Earth for a purpose greater than just to pursue our own personal happiness. Our purpose is to fulfill Jesus’ mission in our unique sphere of influence and in this unique time in history.
Read MoreWho Would Jesus Vote For?
Do you feel frustrated, confused, and possibly angry about our current political situation? If you do, you are not alone. Never has America, the world’s most powerful country, been given two options for President that has such low approval among the populace. Rarely has the rhetoric been so divisive and so negative.
Read MoreWill We Be Punished in Heaven?
In this article, Chip explains what really happens to us in Heaven and its implications for our lives today.
Read MoreSharpen Your Small Group Leader Skills with Free Online Course
If all you want to do is facilitate a group meeting for a couple of hours every week, that’s pretty easy. If all you want to do is gather with a group of friends for a Bible study, that’s not too demanding. But, if you see your role as investing in people and helping Christians actually live like Christians, then that is a significant challenge.
Read MoreUnleashing God’s Power for Breakthrough in Your Life
Many of us are in dire need of a breakthrough, whether it’s in overcoming an addiction, getting past the shame and guilt from our past, or repairing a troubled relationship. Sometimes, it seems like no matter how hard we try or pray we just can’t seem to get victory in our lives. So how does breakthrough happen?
Read MoreJonathan and David – A Biblical Model for Authentic Relationships
Ever feel like you’re going through life and you see the people all around you laughing and connecting, yet you feel as if there’s an invisible bubblearound you? In Robert Putman’s book Bowling Alone, he calls loneliness the new American epidemic. Never in the history of the world have people been able to communicate so…
Read MoreThe Real Reason Why We Have Misplaced Priorities
Have you ever started prioritizing your time, relationships, and money in a God-honoring way, only to have those new priorities begin to slip away years,months, and even weeks later? For many of us, our priorities seem to have a way of becoming less and less important over a period of time. So what is it…
Read MoreHow Do You Know if You’re Filled with the Holy Spirit?
When I was in college, I had only been a Christian for two years when a lady walked up to me one day and asked, “Are you ‘Spirit-filled’?” At the time, I had no idea what that meant but I soon discovered if a Christian asks you that question, they might be asking you four…
Read MoreDo You Know Who Jesus Really Is?
In the religious world today, many people seem to be asking, who is Jesus? Was he really a man, or just a myth? Was he just a religious guru, or God revealed in the flesh? There also seems to be as many opinions about Jesus as there are questions. All you have to do is…
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