Pray because you want to, not because you’ve been told to! About ten years ago, my doctor told me that I had a serious health problem, and that if I didn’t address it, I would be in a wheelchair in a few years. He told me that I needed to change my diet and exercise regularly. At the time, I was feeling very unwell, so I was highly motivated to follow his instructions. I did it because I had to. Within a year, my health problem had cleared up. Then I stopped the exercise.
Faith
Look for the Lie
By: Jennie Scott
I wish I could remember where I first heard it, this truth that’s been rocking my world.
I don’t know if it was on a podcast or in a book, on my TV or from my friend’s mouth. All I know is that I somehow jotted it down as a note in my phone, and I’ve been looking at it ever since.
What Idolatry Looks like in the 21st Century
By: Alex Cook
I recently read a great book by a well-known American Pastor Timothy Keller called Counterfeit Gods. In it he talks about what Idolatry looks like in our modern world and that it is generally not how most of us think about it.
The Storms We Make Ourselves
You may have heard the story of Jesus walking on the sea. But it’s important to understand that there was an important back story…
Whose Kingdom Are You Building?
By: Sabrina Peters
Did you know it’s possible to spend your life serving God and end up not really knowing Him? It’s possible to build a big Church, big youth ministry or big online platform and completely forget who it’s all really for.
5 Things Every Christian Should Know About Digital Technology
By: Akos Balogh
Digital technology saturates our lives: smartphones, social media, Google and Instagram. From teenagers to grandparents, we’re all swimming in a digital sea.
I’m Not Surprised Muhammad Rejected Jesus’ Story: Following Him is Humiliating
By: Tania Harris
Two weeks in Turkey recently left me wondering how a land so steeped in Christian history became 98% Muslim. In the first century, this was the area of Asia Minor, famous for Paul’s extraordinary missionary journeys and landmark churches such as Ephesus and Philadelphia. Today Turkish cities are populated with mosques rather than cathedrals and minarets rather than steeples punctuate the skylines.
The Greatest Ever Promise of Jesus
There are so many wonderful promises in the Bible, but many people miss the greatest every promise of Jesus! I’ll come to the reason why they miss it in a moment. But the greatest promise is this one, from the lips of Jesus himself:
Faith Sharing Tip: Bring Church out of the Building
By: Morag Paton
Have you ever got stuck thinking that you need to bring people to church for them to hear about Jesus? While church is a great place to gather, it’s important that we don’t let the mindset creep in that people need to come to church to get to know Jesus.
Worship and Relationship
By: Susan Browning
Worship can’t exist without relationship – when you love something or someone you spend time with them, when you adore someone you lavish love on them. Worship simply means to place value or worth on something or someone. Ways we place worth-ship on someone is through compliments, praise, adoration, affirmation. We can only feel all those things through knowing someone, we can only know someone if we spend time in their presence.