Renewing Our Minds: Study the Word of God

Renewing Our Minds: Study the Word of God

“You need to renew your mind.” I heard a mother speak these words to her child one day at our home fellowship. I asked her, “What does ‘renew your mind’ mean?” She taught me that it’s simply to change your thinking from thoughts that are not the Word of God to those that are. This… Continue Reading

Today Is a New Day

Today Is a New Day

Have you ever heard the saying “It’s a hard habit to break”? If you’ve ever tried to stop doing something that has become a habit, you have firsthand experience with this. Bad habits are often hard to break, but thankfully good habits are too! Each new day, we get to decide what kind of habits… Continue Reading

Following Godly Examples

Following Godly Examples

Have you ever witnessed a child imitate their parent’s behavior? Children will often model their behavior after what they have seen a parent do—in dress, in conversation, even in pretending to do grown-up activities such as driving a car or cooking and serving a family meal. This pattern for following the example set by others… Continue Reading

It Is Christ in You!

It Is Christ in You!

Daily life can present challenges that even Christian believers can tend to view as a complicated maze. Like the jigsaw puzzle that’s complete except for that one piece, we may feel as if we get close to a solution but just don’t have what it takes to figure it all out—at home, at work, or… Continue Reading

Prayer for One Another

Prayer for One Another

James 5:16:…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. As members of the Body of Christ, part of our sufficiency in Christ Jesus is that we can pray effectually for one another. The specific prayers that we request of God for one another have mighty, prevailing power. In Acts 12 when Peter was… Continue Reading

Unlocking the Power of Prayer

Unlocking the Power of Prayer

Two friends were admiring a new tablet computer that one of them had bought. The purchaser had just one problem: how to unlock it and use it! With a swipe of a finger, her more knowledgeable friend touched the screen and quickly unlocked it, opening up a bright menu of resources. In the material realm,… Continue Reading

Serving Together in the Body of Christ

Serving Together in the Body of Christ

Ephesians 1:3:Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. One of God’s most wonderful blessings that comes with being born again of His spirit is that we are not alone. We are now part of a body—the Body of… Continue Reading

Giving with a Cheerful Heart

Giving with a Cheerful Heart

Life takes on exciting dimensions as we give with a cheerful heart. II Corinthians 9:6:But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. When farmers plant crops for the season, they consider planting enough extra seeds to allow for those that will be… Continue Reading

Spiritual Sufficiency

Spiritual Sufficiency

Acts 2:38:Then [on the day of Pentecost] Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost [the gift from the Holy Spirit, God]. After the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus… Continue Reading

Our Victory through Jesus Christ

Our Victory through Jesus Christ

What if you went into every competition you faced assured that you would be victorious? Would that make you feel confident, competent, and qualified? Sure it would! I Corinthians 15:57:But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. II Corinthians 2:14:Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us… Continue Reading