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When you devote yourself to extended and focused time with God, you will see identifiable results.

Because the Bible is living, breathing, and active, reading it should be exciting, emotional, and life-changing.

A small move in his direction could mean a big change in the trajectory of your life.

Patience is a universally difficult thing to do, but if God is in the boat with you, just relax and wait for his timing.

We are God’s incomplete masterpiece and the Artist is faithfully working in us to the end.

Is your heart condition one of loving and serving others and a testament to a surrendered life?

Someone you know needs discipleship, and you may be that disciple maker.

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

True disciples of Christ invest in the people God has placed in their lives.

Your personal journey to the manger will be the best decision you ever make.

The three gifts were brought by men who had heard the story of a Messiah.

This holiday season may we give thanks with a grateful heart.

Don’t let the enemy capture and claim victory over your thoughts.

The world entices with wrong messages, but only one bears repeating.

Even Paul struggled to understand Old Testament scriptures.

In football, running the right direction
is crucial to victory over an opponent.

Growth requires intentional care for and commitment to what you love.

Break the cycle of discontentment and change your self-powered desires.

God is at work creating a thing of beauty, so trust him and let him work.

The world will never understand the radical concept of surrendering your life to Christ.

You’re right. Christians aren’t perfect and sometimes they act like the world . . .

You’re not the only one who will suffer because of your own spiritual dryness.

Living for Jesus, with his spirit as your guide, is the most beautiful life.

Are you giving God the praise He deserves?

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

Let us reflect Jesus to this lost and broken world.

As far as His will goes, God just wants a chance to speak to you, and He’ll do the rest.

Are you content with milk or do you want meat? It’s a decision that determines your growth.

Who’s really in charge of your words? the holy One or the greatest liar of all time.

There aren’t many trustworthy things in the world, but God sent his Son to be one of them.

God will use our circumstances to mold us and to shape our character to draw us closer to Him.

God was intimately involved in the process of determining the canon of the Bible.

Suffering produces endurance and character in a Christian’s spiritual training.

They wanted their independence from Rome, and they would do anything to get it.

Truly knowing who God is affects your prayers, your worship, and your spiritual growth.

Instruction for knowing God’s will has been there the whole time.

You can’t have an encounter with God and not be changed.

A life of fulfillment starts and ends with the decision of your life: following Jesus.

Paul made sure his message was clear to believers: Spreading the gospel is up to you.

Larry Barker
healthy church podcast

God is knowable, seek him now before it is too late.

Nothing compares to the loving embrace of Jesus.

Fear is a thief, like a runaway train, it steals our joy, our peace, our contentedness.

Jesus chose to die on the cross so that we could live, and it all begins with the choice to accept that truth.

God speaks in all sorts of way, but the best way to hear from God is through his Word.

Teach your people strategies to help them cope with their own anger, and practice ways to react gently.

God is a much better master than money.

You can engage with your Bible with more confidence when you know what all the little words mean.

Don’t think you can lie to God and lying to yourself doesn’t do you much good either.

The sacrifice that Christ made on the cross isn’t so trivial to be shrugged off at our convenience.