You're not supposed to have everything you need. Really. [Click title to read more.]
Category: spiritual growth
The Hunger Blessing Week 3 Now Available
We must make a gift to God of our presence. Let's talk about how to set aside a special consistent time - not for study, not for church activities, and not for spiritual self-benefit, but for God alone. [Click title to read more.]
How To Avoid The Trap of People-Pleasing
I suspect that a lot of Christians struggle with people-pleasing in general, since we often delude ourselves that many characteristics of people-pleasing are godly ones. The truth is, though, sometimes a preoccupation with people-pleasing can actually inhibit our spiritual growth. [Click title to read more.]
Be Mindful Of The Small Things
As wrapped up as we all are in the daily business of living, we miss the small signs in our behavior and in the behavior of others that might indicative something is amiss. [Click title to read more.]
You Are A Story You’ve Never Dreamed Of
God also knows all of our possibilities and strengths and what we have the capacity to do. More than we do, God has the vision of who exactly we are meant to be, what we might be like when we're everything He created us for. [Click title to read more.]
Preparing For Thanksgiving With Hearts of Gratitude
Thoughts on gratitude and some pre-Thanksgiving testimonies that will help us remember the spiritual, and not material, blessings of the season. [Click title to read more.]
Leaving A Legacy Through Relationship
It's important that Christians not neglect the joys of a mentoring relationship, but it's equally important that we recognize those relationships when we enter our lives - or where they might be present already. [Click title to read more.]
The Dangerous “Starter” Mentality
The starter mentality is inherently problematic, because it perpetuates dissatisfaction. It tells us that what we have is not "good," but rather "good enough...for now." [Click title to read more.]
The Little Steps Matter
A lot of us confuse "progress" with "enormous accomplishment." But progress is moving forward. And everyone's progress is going to look different, because we all start at different places, with different gifts, and different resources. [Click title to read more.]
The Usefulness of Ritual
It's absolutely possible for rituals to become meaningless, of course. But on the flip side, rituals can become a deep wellspring of meaning: an anchor in a chaotic world. [Click title to read more.]