Michael Kelley

Michael Kelley is director of Discipleship at LifeWay Christian Resources and the author of Growing Down: Unlearning the Patterns of Adulthood that Keep Us from Jesus.

Praying God’s Word

Prayer is one of those things in which we are all growing - not one of us prays as fervently or as focused or as long as we would like.

Gideon Was Afraid

We use an expression like, “Put out the fleece” for some kind of process of seeking to know God's will by asking Him to provide a tangible, observable sign answering a question we have. That’s what Gideon did.

Who Are You, Really?

Identity begins with authority. If we want to have the answer of identity, then we must first grapple with the question of authority.

Why God Tells Us Not to Fear

3 reasons we can trust God when we're tempted to fear

The Difference In Waiting for Someone and for Something

You might well find that the “thing” you were waiting for, as the fulfillment of all that longing, is very different than you thought it was.

Trust What You Know to Be True

We have the tendency to look around us and make definite pronouncements of what the Lord is doing.

3 Reasons to Be Gentle

The Christian is to be a gentle person, but that’s a hard thing, isn’t it? Especially when things aren’t going your way and the temptation is to be angry. Hurt. Entitled. Bitter.

Focus on the Journey Instead of the Destination

God is more interested in who you're becoming than where you're going.