Christmas has long represented joyful family gatherings and sharing generational holiday traditions. Television commercials, billboards on highways, and even annual entertainment events portray happiness as intact families celebrating in peace and harmony. Grief has a way of shuffling up emotions during this time of year. Christmas, especially, can bring to surface sorrows that burrow deep within our hearts after significant loss. We plead with God to hasten us through the days of December. In spite of deep faith, many of us emotionally limp through November and December, breathing a sigh of relief as the calendar welcomes January. January gives us…
Some people live by the motto “When All Else Fails, Pray”. Prayer should be your steering wheel, not your spare tire. Pray daily, not just in emergencies.
The devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for. Be vigilant and stay prayed up!
Our children are watching us and they hear more than what we say.
Here are 25 Bible verses for breakups. When relationships end, it can make us better or bitter. Trusting God makes all the difference.
Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones in order to get to the place where God wants us to be.
Have you ever been in a relationship you knew was wrong for you? I have. Here’s my story…
Never think that what you have to offer is insignificant. There will always be someone out there that needs what you have to give.
A Christian marriage should not seek worldly advice. Biblical marriage advice with prayer is the only way to go.
The world says, “I’ll believe it when I see it!”, but faith says, “You’ll see it when you believe it.”
Christian society has planted the idea that dealing with lust is mostly a male problem, and this is simply not so. During and after my relationship with my ex- boyfriend, the door to lust was knocked wide-open for me to enter. And although it’s been a while since we’ve broken up, I’m still dealing with lust, and such sin could have been avoided had I (and he) been more responsible with certain aspects of affection. If you’re currently in a relationship, and what you look forward to most is the physical affection, even if you’re not sleeping together, you are in lust, and not love. Looking back, that…
It is easy to talk about faith and patience until you are in a situation where your faith is put to test. After I resigned from my job due to the apparent unfavorable conditions, everyone thought I was crazy and that I had made a wrong decision. I thought I would be at peace, but… worry and anxiety started creeping in, all sorts of thoughts started creeping into my mind and then depression set in. I was down for a while and then I decided to go for a special service on Sunday where I heard a message about faith. At…
Fear causes us to focus on the bad things that could happen, rather than the goodness and protection that God has shown to us time and again.
While you may see a “problem”, God sees a plan.
For some, the Holidays bring an influx of emotions. Emotions that have neatly stayed tucked away somewhere in our spirits and come protruding out of us at the first mention of “Jingle Bells” or the first sight of a nicely decorated Thanksgiving table. If you are anything like me, the Holidays brings you a sense of mourning. Mourning a loved one who once was the figure who brought the family together for the holiday, and since has passed on. My late mother was that person in our family. She often had the Christmas Tree up and decorated well before Thanksgiving…
When God has selected you, it doesn’t matter who has rejected you.
When the pains of life force you to move on, don’t fret. Know that bigger and better things are on the way!
Emotions are our natural response, but worship should be our spiritual response.
Right now God is working things out that you haven’t even prayed for yet.
If you’re going to seek counsel from others, a good question to ask yourself is… Have you prayed about it as much as you’ve talked about it?
