If you’re new to Christianity, or if you’ve been away from church for a long time, you may hear big words thrown around that sound confusing. Maybe you don’t even know what they mean. One of those words might be sanctification. We see this word several times throughout the Bible, especially in the Old Testament…
All Christians go through times of discouragement and weariness; and we will face these seasons many times throughout our lifetime. Times of discouragement happen for many reasons: prolonged illness, ailing loved ones, kids who have strayed from the faith, hurt, disappointment, burn-out. Our response in times of discouragement is crucial. It means the difference between…
Have you ever felt the frustration of giving everything you have to something, only to feel like you have a 10-ton anchor strapped to you, keeping you from getting ahead…. while at the same time watching someone else race to the finish line without even trying very hard? We’ve all been there. And the frustration…
Do you ever find yourself avoiding the quiet, still moments, because you know that as soon as the noise around you goes off, the voices inside you will start accusing you. Bringing up all of your less-than-stellar moments. Drudging up your failures from the past. Every wrong move. Every word spoken out of season. The…
One doesn’t need to reflect much on why negativity is such a problem in our culture today. Just a brief scroll through social media produces any number of reasons to complain about our politicians, the economic crisis… Violence is filling our streets, fentanyl is flooding our schools… The homeless crisis in major inner cities is…
Do you find your conversation often straying toward negativity? This happens so easily. There is a lot of negativity in the world; from politics to violence and drugs; financial reversals, difficulty with our kids, and frustration with our coworkers. I actually find that there is no end the negative things I can talk about. That…
