Life

Five areas in your life that you need to build, according to Jesus
Five areas in your life that you need to build, according to Jesus

Life as a Christian still includes growing in various areas of our lives, not just in the spiritual.

Deception: How \'testing the spirits\' can actually save you from so much trouble
Deception: How 'testing the spirits' can actually save you from so much trouble

Failing to discern wrong things and blindly, even passionately but blindly, following wrong beliefs and thoughts will bring us to destruction.

5 ways to care of your body, the temple of the Holy Spirit
5 ways to care of your body, the temple of the Holy Spirit

If God considered this earthly body, made of dust, to be a sacred dwelling for His very Holy Spirit, have we treated it as sacred?

Why you should always pray in the Spirit
Why you should always pray in the Spirit

When we rely on the Holy Spirit in prayer, we don't just pray to God the things that we can't express in words – we pray to Him the way He wants us to pray.

Why hurting people hurt others
Why hurting people hurt others

All of us are longing for that which only God can give.

How you can reconcile with a person you greatly offended
How you can reconcile with a person you greatly offended

Do you have a hard time reconciling with a person you have offended?

5 Bible verses to lift up your face with hope
5 Bible verses to lift up your face with hope

Life often presents us with tough challenges along our paths, but God is good and we can always hope to hurdle these challenges with His love.

3 reasons why we can put our hope in God when we feel hopeless
3 reasons why we can put our hope in God when we feel hopeless

God is higher than anything that causes us to feel hopeless

5 Bible verses on being set free
5 Bible verses on being set free

Here are some Bible verses speaking about our freedom in Christ.

Embrace your weakness just as God does
Embrace your weakness just as God does

It has become a part of our culture to try to mask weaknesses and faults, but Jesus encourages us to be open and transparent about our weaknesses, especially to Him, so that in our weaknesses Christ can become our strength.

4 biblical financial principles to teach our kids
4 biblical financial principles to teach our kids

Training your children in strong biblical principles is a whole lot like investing in mutual funds: the earlier you start, the better the results.

Why you can\'t deal with lack without dealing with contentment
Why you can't deal with lack without dealing with contentment

While God provides every blessing through Christ, He seeks not only to work on our wallets but more importantly our hearts.

Christianity and exclusivity don\'t mix
Christianity and exclusivity don't mix

So many Christians today want the church to be an exclusive club with only the "finest and brightest." That's not what God wants. God makes Himself available to all.

3 reasons why giving can be spiritually dangerous
3 reasons why giving can be spiritually dangerous

Matthew's account of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount contains some of Jesus' most challenging teaching.

\'This world still brims with glory\': It\'s time to rediscover our sense of hope
'This world still brims with glory': It's time to rediscover our sense of hope

The world feels like a pretty dark place right now, and it's up to us to look for signs of hope, says Martin Saunders.

What to do when God is \'not responding\' to your prayers
What to do when God is 'not responding' to your prayers

There's no point in getting angry at God for 'hanging up'