Untying the Knots in Your Family's Air Hose
One reason God placed us within families is to prepare us for the world, even if takes hearing the truth “a thousand times.”
The Christian life is difficult sometimes, isn't it? God asks us to leave behind our selfishness and devote ourselves to Jesus Christ in the service of others. This journey has a clear beginning and an even clearer end, but its path is littered with dangerous obstructions and precarious curves. Thankfully, its destination provides lasting, eternal rewards.
Chances are you have experienced the difficulty of losing your way on the journey. We've all been tempted to stray, to step away from the fundamentals of authentic Christian living toward the more immediate fulfilments we desire for ourselves. But God calls us to a life devoted to studying the Scriptures, to prayer, and most important, to knowing Christ Himself.
Let these resources remind you that the goal isn't just reaching our heavenly destination but walking closely with Jesus as we get there.
One reason God placed us within families is to prepare us for the world, even if takes hearing the truth “a thousand times.”
Once the foundation of the marriage is firmly laid, six pillars should be built, which will give any family resilience to withstand the erosion caused by the influence of culture.
Paul ran to win (2 Timothy 4:7–8) and he wanted the same for Timothy. But how? Here are four ways to finish well, found in 2 Timothy 3:14–17.
Instead he suggests asking ourselves a question when something negative happens: What does this experience make possible?
A good way to think about contentment is Christ-sufficiency, not self-sufficiency.
In this context, integrity takes on a new level of significance. It means being consistent with who we now are in Christ.
This life transforming integrity is implanted by sincere faith in God and inspired by embracing His Word. In his psalm I call the Psalm of Integrity (Psalm 15), David lays out four ways integrity is revealed in our lives.
Ever wonder how, with all the transitions of life, you can feel significant and have your life count for something?
Five proven time-wasters. Put these suggestions into motion, and your new year could set records in wasting valuable time. But on the other hand, who wants to do that?
To speak of sexual purity in a society like ours may seem futile and may make us the object of jokes and scorn, but we must.