There are some things you don’t really know about yourself until pressure comes. It’s easy to say: “I trust God.” Until something happens that tests that trust. It’s easy to say: “Prayer matters.” Until the schedule gets full. Until you’re disappointed. Until God seems silent. Until prayer itself starts costing you something. That’s where we…
Daniel and his friends had been carried into Babylon. Everything around them had changed. Their location changed. Their education changed. Their language changed. Even their names changed. But something inside them didn’t change. Daniel 1:8 told us: “But Daniel resolved…” Daniel had already decided who he belonged to. If you wait until the pressure comes…
Have you ever looked around and thought: “Things sure have changed.” One day you look around and realize the world you are living in feels very different from the world you remember. Technology changes. Values change. Relationships change. Families change. Communities change. Churches change. And sometimes our personal world changes suddenly. A phone call. A…
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, Ephesians 4:1 Spiritual growth isn’t just about becoming better—it’s about becoming who God designed you to be. God is not just growing us; He is shaping us into someone. Many people…
The Christian life is not about trying harder. It’s about walking daily in step with the Spirit. The Christian life is not about self-effort; it’s about Spirit-dependence.
5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Colossians 3:5 We like Grace, Freedom, and Blessing, but we don’t like talking about sin and things we don’t want to let go of. And yet, some of us are asking: “Why do I…
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to…
12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Philippians 2:12–13 Many people…