Discipleship

When You Take Matters Into Your Own Hands

When we become our own chief advocate, we are once again taking the place of God. Because advocating for us is actually not our job; it’s Jesus’s job.

When to Let Go of ‘Being Right’

Don’t sacrifice your peace for a hollow victory. Choose instead to release your "right of way" so that you can hold onto peace instead of pain.

Created for Relationships

There’s something about community—the relationships, the sense of belonging, the support and encouragement, the sympathy and understanding—that deepens our lives and anchors our souls.

Kindling the Inner Fire

Do you resonate with the intense longing for a future you can see but have not yet had materialize?

Obedience for the Long Haul

Obeying God isn’t just about the here and now; it has eternal significance. Scripture is filled with promises for those who live faithfully.

God Is Eager to Find You

When we see God looking for other people throughout the Bible it’s not because he is lacking in information. God knows where the person or people are he is looking for, and yet he searches anyway.

When Our Circumstances Contradict God

Let’s pray with a greater confidence in him than in our own ability to diagnose the “yes” we really need.

God Is at Work in Your Life, Even When You Can’t See It

Sometimes we need the reminder that God can do what is humanly impossible, and that He knows what is eternally best in ways we cannot.

Decades of Waiting

If you’re waiting for God to answer a prayer, too, I trust he is teaching you something in your meantime.

What If You Only Had One Week to Live?

This is not morbid; it is just facing head-on what Scripture says—that our days are numbered.

Closing the Bible Engagement Gap

If physical Bibles are flying off the shelves and Bible apps are being downloaded in record numbers, then why aren’t people engaging with their Bibles more? And what can church leaders do about it?