How do you handle suffering? Do you try to deal with it yourself only to crumble under the stress? Suffering serves a glorious purpose. God uses it to refine us, grow us, and make us more like Him. We can rest in the God of all grace, relying on Him for strength and comfort.
King David had two friends: a father and a son with drastically different perspectives. One gave David the clothes off his own back while the other hurled spears at David's back. These contrasting portraits of friendship, exhibited by Saul and Jonathan, show us what real friendship looks like.
How can you discover God's will for your life? God is not playing a celestial game of hide-and-seek. God intends for us to enjoy the process of discovering His will and find out along the way that we are really discovering Him!
Do you feel sick when awaiting a diagnosis, acceptance letter, orapology? Do you lose sleep sometimes? Our bodily responses to pressures are inescapable. So when Paul tells us to get rid of anxiety, he isn’t talking about physical ills; he’s talking about spiritual ones.
What kind of legacy are you leaving your children? Are you succeeding as a mother? Gaze into portraits of women in Scripture who God called successful. Unlike the world, their legacy was not measured by fame or fortune; it was measured by their faithfulness to God and His Word.
In this eye-opening look at some of the setbacks Paul experienced in Rome, we see the humbling lesson that God often uses to move us forward in reverse. Things that seem to be setbacks or reversals in your life might actually be God working to move his plan forward.
You are consistently underpaid, underrated and undermined. You can never call in sick, choose the first shift, or ask for weekends off. You're in this thing called motherhood for life. But you're not in it alone. You have ane example from the Scripture, a godly mother named Eunice.
Because of the watered down, trivialized holidy season, the Church is in danger of forgetting the true significance of Christmas. People have forgotten that the Christmas story is actually an emotional roller coaster. The story begins with intrigue and ends with murder.
Dwelling on yesterday’s failures can lead us to discouragement, while dwelling on yesterday’s successes can just as easily lead us to lethargy. So how do we truly let go of yesterday and seize today? The apostle Paul gives us an emphatic answer in his remarkable resolution.
When someone suffers, we often focus on them alone. We tend to overlook those standing by the sufferer–family, spouses, friends–who also experience the situation in their own unique way. But those stories often reveal just as much truth. This booket will introduce you to Mrs. Job.
Do you want to know how people — especially Christians — should behave in regards to their work? Well, look no further than the little creatures at your feet, and learn a lesson or two from the ants.
Have you ever received a gift you didn't want? When you became a believer, whether you knew it or not, you became the recipient of a number of gifts. One gift, however, seems out of place: pain. Though often not appreciated, pain is one of the perfect gifts of God to every believer.
