Receiving the Gospel Doesn’t Just Give us Assurance of Eternal Life, it Also Keeps Changing us. “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word…

This is for you if you have trouble organizing yourself Was Jesus organized? Can you be led by the Holy Spirit and respond to immediate opportunities to minister to others and still plan? Jesus only had a little over three years to accomplish the most important mission in world history…

To experience lasting change these two things have to happen We all have areas of our lives we would like to change. Spiritual and personal growth is a big, big emphasis of Scripture. Ephesians 4:15 “but speaking the truth in love, we are to GROW UP IN ALL ASPECTS into…

We Have Assignments from God, Do We Need 100% Certainty Before Moving Forward? Did you know that God has important areas of influence assigned to YOU? Listen to what Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:13–16 “we will only boast with regard to the AREA OF INFLUENCE GOD ASSIGNED to us…

It’s Ok to Feel Weak If…. It’s bad enough when I fail; it’s worse when I feel weak. God Says We Can Be Strong There is plenty of encouragement in the Bible to be strong and bold. …

How to Respond When You Don’t Understand — Sometimes Jesus says things that seem hard, especially for someone who emphasized God’s love. Sometimes things happen in life that sure don’t feel like God loves us. In the next few paragraphs I want to share with you one story and some insights that have helped me deal with this…

It’s So Much Better Than You Think — Before I became a believer in Jesus, I was convinced anything associated with God was boring, uncool, irrelevant, or out of touch with real life. There are several practical reasons why I felt this way, but underneath it all was a spiritual deception. From the very beginning one of the…

That’s How Much You Matter One of the most life-changing truths of Scripture is that God has purposes and plans for your life. These plans are so important and so well thought out that God made them before He even created the earth. That is what the Bible teaches. Imagine that, before God created this…

The Smartest Thing We Can Do is Embrace His Plans and Purposes “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.” John 7:38 For almost thirty years of her life, my wife wanted nothing to do with pasta dishes. They…