Your mind is a muscle. It needs to be stretched to stay sharp. It needs to be prodded and pushed to perform. Let it get idle and lazy on you, and that muscle will become a pitiful mass of flab
Complete this sentence: When I am weak...I feel like a failure. I want to quit. I want to give up. I want to cry. I want to run away. I feel lost. I think my life is a waste. Paul
Imagine that you've been invited to meet with the President of the United States in the Oval Office. You'd likely look forward to your appointment with great excitement. Now imagine that someone much more exciting - the God of the
Prayer is a spiritual journey. Just as a journey from your present location to the other side of the country requires that you have a plan to reach your destination, you need a plan to assist you in your spiritual
Each day that we live is full of questions and surprises. Despite plans and anticipatory actions, life can throw curve balls that we're not quite ready to tackle. When life challenges us it's important to retreat to prayer for comfort
David, weary and discouraged, had travelled by foot to escape Absolom, a murderous traitor, who most sadly happened to be his very own son. Had Absolom caught up with David while in this state, David’s life would have certainly been
I know of no other single practice in the Christian life that's more rewarding, practically speaking, than memorizing Scripture. That's right. No other single discipline is more useful and rewarding than this. No other single exercise pays greater spiritual dividends!
If this year's London Marathon got you thinking about how to stay in shape, why not take it a step further and consider what you can do to improve your spiritual fitness. Sometimes we can become so concerned with our
Dear intercessors, Spiritual warfare is part of the Christian life. Psalm 144:1 says, "Praise be to the Lord, my Rock. Who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle." Exodus 15:3 says, "The Lord is a mighty warrior; the
What does God want you to do while you’re waiting on an answer to your prayer? Psalm 37:7 says, “Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act” (NLT, second edition). God wants you
"I can't seem to find God at work anywhere in my life? Where is he? Has Jesus abandoned me? Look at all that is going wrong with me and with my life and with my church — how could God
Humanity itself is indispensable from suffering and every person right from birth to death experiences it either physically, psychologically, socially or spiritually. Suffering viewed in this perspective of the innocent raises profound questions such as why do the innocent suffer?
Making the Psalms a consistent part of our time studying the Bible is enriching and important. The Psalms are meant to be sung and prayed, but so often we just read through them on our own for words of encouragement.
Only when we know someone can we truly trust him. The same can be applied to God. If you open the door to the God of the universe whose essence is Love, if you sit at His feet, if you