If you don’t know anything about marriage, I want you to understand this one thing: The most important issue in marriage is a personal relationship with God. Your life and your marriage will be more impacted by your relationship with Jesus than anything else.
All men and women … ➡
Heavenly Father,
Please flood me with hope. Show me that I was created on purpose and for a purpose. Give me that strength, Your strength, that I desperately need to resist the enemy. I am hurting Lord … heal me spiritually and emotionally and show me that you are … ➡
What Does It Mean for a Man to Lead His Home?
The Nature of Fatherly Authority
One of the things that makes fatherhood difficult in our moment in history is the almost complete collapse of a sense of authority. Legitimate, tenderhearted, unapologetic, fatherly authority in the home.
A dad … ➡
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the Word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also, after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise” (Ephesians 1:13).
Most careful commentaries of the Bible make it clear that the words “after … ➡
Honest, prayerful study of the Word brings us to spiritual maturity and understanding. But does it not require superior intellectual powers to understand these “deep things of God”? No indeed. Superior intellects among unsaved men are unable to appreciate even the “simple” truths of the Word, for “they are … ➡
Did you know that St. Paul was chosen by God as the apostle of grace? He was God’s great example of grace, the “chief of sinners” saved by grace (1 Timothy 1:12-16). To him was committed “the dispensation of the grace of God” (Ephesians 3:2). He was sent forth … ➡
Salvation is a work of God.1 More than that, salvation is solely a work of God. Assurance of salvation is possible only if salvation is a work of God alone. If salvation depended upon man’s ability, assurance of salvation would require answering two questions:
Heavenly Father,
I call on You right now in a special way. It is through Your power that I was created. Every breath I take, every morning I wake, and every moment of every hour, I live under Your power.
Father, I ask you now to touch me with … ➡
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. // Psalm 37:4
God knows our hearts and know what’s best for us. He not only knows these things in divine detail, He knows the best timing in which to deliver. When our aim is delighting … ➡
Heavenly Father,
Today I lift up my heart to You, because it has become filled with hatred. Lord, I plead with You to intervene in my life and help me overcome this hatred, and anger, and resentment. Help me to reason … to discern … and to make the … ➡
I don’t believe we were designed to complete each other. I also feel that when we espouse this belief system, we set ourselves up for relational strife. In the Bible, it is instructed that we are to be completed in Him … not in other people. When we’re completed … ➡
Heavenly Father,
I need Your wisdom and Your guidance. By reading the Scriptures, I have gained a better understanding of forgiving others and with Your help, I willfully choose to extend forgiveness from my heart. I confess my sin of unforgiveness and the damage it has done to my … ➡
Stand firm then … with the breastplate of righteousness in place. // Ephesians 6:14
In studying the Armor of God passage, we read that the purpose of the breastplate is to stop any attack that get past the sword or the shield. I then noticed there isn’t specific mention … ➡
When I’m angry with those around me or carrying resentment or unforgiveness, I often recall Ephesians 6:12, which says that we’re not fighting flesh-and-blood enemies (some translations say “human” enemies). This reminds me that the real battle is not against our family, our friends, co-workers, etc. The devil is … ➡
Passion is the most attractive aspect of our faith to an unbeliever. There are many religions and beliefs in the world today, many of which tell people that they have the truth or that truth is relative. Many unbelievers, however, cannot convincingly discern between truth and non-truth. Yet one … ➡
Lord, please reveal Yourself and Your plans to me. Show me that You are real, that You love me endlessly, and that You have great plans, and a future with hope for me. Surround me with Godly influences, individuals, and resources that will lovingly hold me accountable and guide … ➡
Heavenly Father,
Thank You that Your Son Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In his resurrection He restores life and peace in all creation. Your word tells us that You are a stronghold for the oppressed. God I pray for a breath of hope and for chains to … ➡
Autumn:
When you think of autumn, envision the radiant hues of red, purple, orange and yellows … driving through a mountainside and soaking in the landscape with these amazing colors. It is the memory of these beautiful colors that can often inspire us throughout winter. When everything is dark … ➡
Years ago I was struggling with pornography. I would fall into it and hate myself for it. I felt an incredible amount of shame and condemnation. As a result I was not pursuing God. I hated this sin but was powerless to overcome it in my own strength. I … ➡
Heavenly Father,
Please give us the peace we need to get through the trials and adversities we face with our education. Show us your love in new and profound ways and that we can have Godly joy despite our feelings, circumstances, or emotions. Lord, also show us that the … ➡
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