“There are sometimes Christians who look at life circumstances, and they can see nothing but hopelessness. They only see the blackness of despair, because they are relying on their eyes alone, instead of looking upon their circumstances with the illuminating light of God’s truth.”
Be planted in the Church. Because longstanding, deep fellowship is the ordinary atmosphere of his grace, where the seeds of faith grow and bear fruit for generations to come.
If God is really the Master of the Universe, and if God really is our God, then our daily patterns should include family devotions – a time of worshipping God as a household.
In recent weeks, with the passing of Pope Francis, there has been renewed attention put upon the Roman Catholic church, and the phenomenon of the papacy.
Who’s in Control Here? Outward appearances can be deceiving. You would ordinarily assume that the person who desires pleasure the most would be…
God is intent on exposing our sin, not in order to hurt us, but to heal us.
We have the freedom to recognize that faith isn’t just a feeling, but faith is something more like a conviction that continues to lean on Jesus, and seek his grace, even in the absence of party balloons and fireworks.
Find a church in which the members are clear in their commitment to Christ. Find a church in which the members are diligent in their commitment to one another. And find a church where its leaders are serious in their care for you, as a member of Christ’s body.
Make sure that your kids know that your greatest concern for them, in their education, is that they would rightly relate to the God who made them, who sent His Son to die for their sin, and who calls them to repentance and faith.
Joy in God is what empowers the Christian’s pursuit of progress. And progress in knowing Christ and becoming more like him is what enflames the Christian’s experience of joy. We need both.