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Doing what you want when you want sounds nice, but if you ask someone who has lived that life, you may hear about a life of self-destruction.

Summertime church camps, student conferences, and mission trips . . . it’s been a great break for our students, but going back to school is an opportunity for Satan to strike.

If there’s one people group that can bridge the racial divide, it’s Christians.

If you choose to focus on your sin and slip into a pit of despair and depression, you will not accomplish the task to which you are called.

Humanity is messed up by nature, but many make the mistake of thinking we are good enough.

If your future is in God’s hands, you will have your fair share of heartaches but also more than you could ever ask for or dream about.

In your walk with the Lord, will you push through the sacrifice and pain that it sometimes takes to have abundant life?

Worship takes place when the holy penetrates the ordinary and we are left in awe of the God of the universe.

When God created music and the incredibly talented people who write and sing it, he meant for it to change people’s lives.

We can’t hide from the purpose that God has placed in our lives.

Contrary to popular belief, the sin nature begins at birth, but we can be to be equipped to to beat it with with God’s armor.

If you’re feeling out of fellowship with God, you’re the one who created the distance, not Him.

When worst fears become reality, the Bible is your weapon against spiraling down to the darkest of places.

It’s easy to mask feelings of loneliness when you have a smile on your face, but it can be a precious time of listening to the Father.

Letting go of what binds you, causes unforgiveness, and keeps you from glorifying God is the stumbling block to true joy.

When you’re a fixer and a planner, it’s hard to wait on the Lord for his plan, even when you know it’s the best thing to do.

Let’s be done with temporary structures and build God’s kingdom one lost soul at a time.

We’ve heard it our entire lives, but is it true that time can heal or is there healing power in Christ alone?

Difficult and heartbreaking circumstance can actually bring deeper relationships and more mature faith.

Last words are windows to the soul, and they reveal true priorities: What will yours be?

What will you do when criticism, negativity, hatred, and persecution come to your doorstep?

When you feel defeated, burdened, and ashamed of past mistakes, God’s grace covers you sufficiently.

In your brokenness, know that from God’s perspective, you are covered by grace and used for his glory.

Child of God, It may like feel like he has left you alone and forgotten, but I promise you he has not and will not.

Though we are not worthy of it, God calls us victorious and brings us out of the deep waters of grief.

If you’re grieving right now, there are enemies preventing your healing, especially Satan.

When you’re hurting and weary of the constant pain of loss, don’t hesitate to use your support network.

There are different kinds of loss, but the most devastating one is that of a loved one, but God proves himself faithful despite the pain it brings.

Spending quality, uninterrupted time with God is truly the only way to become more like him.

Everything on this earth is temporary, but our true, eternal hope is in a kingdom where God sits on his holy throne.

God gives us opportunities to love and serve people, but what about when we’re at rock bottom and can’t go on?

It you’re a child of God, there should be no guilt, shame, or condemnation for having human emotions. Take them all to Him.

How does a Christian family deal with the pain, anger, and disappointment of teen pregnancy?

To persevere as believers, we must pay attention to the health of our souls.

How, then, do we pray when the world is in chaos?

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The chaos of our lives and desire to take care of our people can prevent us from reflecting on God.

Nurturing those hurts and offenses will keep you from enjoying the fullness of God’s peace and joy.

Praising God in the storms and dungeons of our lives is possible only through the power of God..

Complaints from God’s people are nothing new, but His perspective on our lives is eternal, not temporal.

If you have been burned, disappointed, or hurt by the church, you are not alone.

It’s difficult to understand what God wants us to do if we have neglected our walk with Him.

God does not want you to battle the insecurities Satan uses you to give up.

Putting distance between yourself and God is a dangerous road to travel.

Is it really true that God will never give us more than we can handle?

God must have a reason to allow painful circumstances into our lives.

Don’t be fooled by the logic-defying belief that truth is relative.

Depression and anxiety are very real reactions in a time when the whole world is fearful of an unpredictable virus. So how do we cope?

Tragedies and problems happening too fast and you can’t “fix” them? Here’s what God does . . .

The world wants us to beat ourselves up for mistakes, but God has no limits on hie love. None.

It’s not “I Surrender Some” or “I Surrender Most” but “I Surrender All.”