Do you find it difficult to understand faith? Does the phrase “grow your faith” make your bristle, thinking of the prosperity movement, millionaire televangelists, and out of balance teaching? The idea of faith can be very hard to grasp sometimes, especially in this modern age when we have been conditioned to believe what can…
I wouldn’t say I’m a bad person. I mean, I’m a loving wife and mom, a good neighbor; I don’t steal, lie, or cheat, and I follow the rules. I do unto others as I’d have them to unto me. I read my Bible, pray, and have memorized a lot of Scripture. All in all,…
I sat with my friend in her living room listen to her talk about some of the reasons why she had detoured from the Christian walk back into her old lifestyle. The story she shared has stayed with me after all of these years, and has served as a constant reminder to me of Jesus’…
We’ve all prayed that prayer, “God, give me patience……and make it fast!” When we look at the fruit of the Spirit, we like love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and meekness because they are all traits that make us feel good. Patience, however….well, I think if we could just cross that one off of…
While I was studying Agape love, I saw something new….something I’d never seen before. Agape love is a funny thing. When we study what the Bible says about God’s love, we see that God commands us to love with His love, but that love is a kind of love that can only come from Him….
A bunch of us girls were gathered in my friend’s living room, excited, giggling, and each one of us talking over all the rest. Our Bible and the book we were studying for that month: The Search for Significance. After all of these years, I can still remember the title and what the cover looked like….
