Personality plays a very important role in our approach to life, and most importantly, it is very important to our approach towards prayer. Personality is defined as a set of behaviors, emotional patterns, and characteristics that are formed from both biological and environmental factors….
Brenda and Dorothy have been friends for over thirty years, but lately their friendship has been strained. Together, they’ve been through thick and thin, and everyone who knows them knows you probably won’t see one without the other. In her mid-fifties, Dorothy has never…
It’s a funny thing about life, when things are going well, and we feel like we’ve finally hit our stride, this is when we begin to worry. Some of us are very suspicious when things are going our way, and it’s usually because the…
Ephesians 4:21-24(NLT)Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew thoughts and…
Neal spent six years in one short relationship after the other. After a couple of months, he’d lose interest. He always blamed the woman, saying that she had some habit or quirk that drove him nuts. He left a trail of broken hearts, and…
Growing up, the evening news was my grandmother’s favorite. She never missed it, and it was known among all her grands that we were forbidden to bother her for that 30-minute slot. We were not allowed to touch that big ol’ black and white…
Talk within the Christian community about the tremendous importance of ‘purpose’ burst on the scene over 20 years ago, and it’s still going strong, as it should be. It spread like wildfire, and many that were just coming into the faith thought it was…
1John 4:19(NLT) says, “We love each other because he loved us first.” This is such an important verse to our relationship with God. 1John 4:16 tells us that God is love. He’s the Originator of perfect love, and this perfect love can only come…
Someone once said that “feeling good is everything.” It’s a pretty significant statement, but we’ll miss the true essence of feeling good if we don’t unpack this statement a bit. Most of us relate the state of feeling good to the quality of a…
How many of us really believe that God wants every living individual to be happy and whole? It’s true! God wants the absolute best for all of us, and He tells us this in His Word. He tells us in John 10:10 that He…
