IF THERE ARE THINGS EVEN WE DON'T ACCEPT ABOUT OURSELVES, HOW CAN GOD ACCEPT US? One of the difficulties we have believing that God loves us is that we know our own weaknesses, foibles, and sins. There are things that even we don't love about ourselves,...
THREE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT WILL HOLD YOU BACK. Our self-image is a powerful force in life. We always act consistently with it; therefore we will never rise above our self-image. So it is important to have an accurate self-image. The trick is to see ourselves as God...
BECOMING MORE SELF-AWARE SPURS SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION The road to transformation is long, and the journey can be bumpy from time to time. But it is a road that we must all travel if we ever hope to become more than we are. And like Dorothy on...
DID PRAYER REDUCE THE DAMAGE OF IRMA? As I write this, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical storm, and Florida is beginning to lift its head and assess the damage, as what's left of Irma sweeps northwest across Georgia into Alabama. The bad news is...
HARNESSING THESE FORCES CAN HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL If you harness these six forces for good, they can help you achieve your highest spiritual potential in life. If you simply let these forces act upon you, you will be dragged down to your lowest...
OUR FEELINGS FOR GOD DEPEND ON OUR MASTERY OF THE FACTS Most Christians would like to feel closer to God. We would like to feel warm affection for Him when we meet with Him for prayer and personal worship. We would like to feel loyalty to...
DOES GOD LOVE YOU MERELY BECAUSE YOU’RE A HUMAN (PROFESSIONAL), OR BECAUSE YOU ARE “YOU" (PERSONAL)? Many years ago when I first became a Christian, I struggled with being able to believe that God loved me. When I looked at all my shortcomings, my inadequacies, and...
HELP WHEN YOU’RE TOO WEARY TO WORSHIP I mentioned last week that my greatest challenges in spending time nurturing my relationship with God are fatigue and distraction, and that there are three things I do when I don’t feel like spending time with God or worshiping...
3 TIPS: WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE SPENDING TIME WITH GOD It is generally understood that one of the spiritual disciplines a Christian should have is to set aside a block of time each day - or most days - to pray, read the Word and...
WHAT LIES ARE YOU BELIEVING? Scripture calls Satan both “the father of lies” and “the destroyer.” Last week we made the point that Satan’s main strategy in the spiritual war in which we all find ourselves is to deceive us in order to destroy us. This week,...