Category: Christian Faith & Life
-
Do You Worship on Autopilot?
I sometimes struggle with worshiping on autopilot. That struggle can happen for any number of reasons, but one that I don’t often think about is familiarity. I’ve been in and around church and worship services since before I could walk. Many parts of the worship service are so familiar and ingrained in me that I…
-
What Is God’s Answer?
“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5 Repetition is woven throughout the Psalms. One of the most apparent is Psalm 136. “His love endures forever” is the powerful refrain echoed at the end…
-
How Do I Resist Temptation?
How do I resist temptation? The struggle is real. You and I both know the sins we commonly commit. We even know some of the ways that the devil tempts us to fall into those sins. Yes, the godly desire to resist temptation and live for God is absolutely present in our hearts. But our…
-
Sitting With Jesus
“About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with…
-
Marriage Works Well When…
“It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he…
-
Is God Good?
“Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so…
-
How Do I Know I’m Blessed?
“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never…
-
What Does Love Look Like?
What does love look like? Ask ten random people that question, and you’ll probably get ten different answers. Our world is full of ideas—some right, some partially right, and some blatantly, tragically wrong—of what love is and what it looks like. In his Word, God gives a different, very surprising answer of what love looks…