Discipleship

Devotionals

What you might not know about prayer

How do we trace progress in our prayer relationship with God? An author by the name of Mark Thibodeux wrote aboutĀ The Four Stages of PrayerĀ that may give us a helpful framework to reflect on our...

Culture

Do your words stab or sharpen others?

I was never crude growing up, but I was very quick with my words. I aired my mind freely, frequently making jokes at others’ expense. I offered my opinions though no one asked for them. Whether...

Culture

Are you burnt out, bored, and barely rested?

When I started work earlier this year, I struggled with the long hours and intense work. Having been a student pretty much all my life, adjusting to the transition of adulthood was – and still is...

Faith

Why should I care about reading the Bible?

What do you think of when you open your Bible? Is it something like, ā€œLet’s get over and done with?ā€ I don’t know about you, but I’ve caught myself thinking that more times than I’m...

Faith

Things your cell group leader wants you to know

You might be a cell group leader reading this, fretting over that Bible study you have to write by tomorrow, in time for next week. You wonder if it’s just you, or is there anyone else whose...

Faith

Why try to twist God’s arm, when you can just hold His hand?

It’s tempting to think we can “manipulate” God into giving us something better. For example, have you ever prayed these kinds of prayers? Jesus, I have spent so much time on...

Faith

Die, disciple, die

And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it...

Faith

If you really have to make resolutions, make them this way

I haven’t made New YearĀ resolutionsĀ inĀ severalĀ years. Even as I incline towards being anti-resolutionsĀ untilĀ I find reason toĀ change my mind, I still have many friends who make their annual...

Faith

Are you running from your calling?

“Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ā€œArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.ā€ But Jonah rose to...