Are You Doing What God Created You to Do? Can you identify your spiritual gifting or understand God's purpose for your life? If you can't confidently answer yes, you're not alone. Yet there is a simple, biblical framework to finding your God-given gifts and finding His purposes for your life--and it leads to a relationship with the Tri… Read more…
The world is noisy and disorientating. Our hearts need beauty and truth.Heather Holdsworth experienced the death of her father followed shortly by the death of her mother. A few years later she battled a sickness that left her without the strength to stand, walk, or even speak. She opened the book of Psalms. She began writing. And from her writing emerged… Read more…
The Bible calls Jesus the friend of sinners, but it's hard to imagine what friendship with Jesus really looks like. We so often don't even know how to do friendship with the people around us, despite all the options we have to connect. So how are we supposed to feel that close to a holy, perfect, and invisible God? How do we see Jesus as the real per… Read more…
We want the thousands of hours we will work over our lifetime to matter. But how do we know they're really significant? How do we go from being defined by what we do to having our work become an expression of who we are?There is not a quick fix but a progressive solution: it begins with surrendering our whole lives and then every moment of our lives to G… Read more…
Live by the Word. Walk by the Spirit. You were never meant to live the Christian life in your own strength, so stop trying. Each morning, awaken your heart to the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life. And then, each evening, renew your mind with the unchanging truth of God’s Word. The Sword and the Spiritcontains morning and evening devot… Read more…
You Weren't Created to Tread Water--You Were Created to WALK on ItWhen storms hit and the mess of life comes crashing down, it is easier to sink into the undertow than fight to stay above water. When you focus on the waves, you miss the hand reaching down to help you.With warmth and wisdom, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Jentezen Franklin r… Read more…
“Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you.” Having the right focus makes all the difference in life. If we are busy focusing on external frivolities or personal ambitions rather than on the kingdom of God, we wind up missing out on serving God’s kingdom―as well as many of the other thi… Read more…
What does genuine Christian living look like in the 21st century, and how can we be motivated to live that way?
The answer comes from Jesus’ sermon in Luke 6 (sometimes known as the Sermon on the Plain), which starts, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God and goes on to lay out God’s vision stateme… Read more…
Jesus says, “Come to me, all who and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matt 11:28)
Author Dai Hankey is a church planter in Wales and founder of Red Community, a Christian charity that fights human trafficking in Wales. Speaking from a personal experience of burnout, he comes alongside weary Christians to explore … Read more…
Children’s Teacher is a teacher’s quarterly for children 11 and under. In addition to the exposition of the printed text, each of the thirteen lessons includes the purpose of the lesson, extensive teaching plans, lesson introduction, background of the lesson, meaningful insights, and related activities. It follows the International Uniform Sunday School … Read more…
365 encouraging messages from God help readers grow their faith.365 Days in God's Presence is an inspiring daily devotional that offers engaging and encouraging messages from God and His Word. With messages like: “I go before you today. I fight for you today. And I carry you today. Trust Me, child. I will show you the way out of the desert. Fo… Read more…
Heal Emotional Wounds and Free Yourself from the PastWe all experience emotional pain, but few of us know how to deal with it properly. Our unresolved pain accumulates deep within the recesses of our hearts, in a place Jimmy Evans calls the "hurt pocket." The more we accumulate, the more we are mentally, emotionally, and relationally crippled. But what if we… Read more…
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