Posts Tagged ‘Spiritual Growth’
Life Changing Conversations // Part 4: The Woman at the Well
All We Need For many of us, it can be easy to add to our faith. We know that we have Jesus as Christ followers, but if we just had financial stability, then we’d be happy. Or, if we just had perfect health. Or our dream job. Or a relationship and a family. We think…
Read MoreLife Changing Conversations // Part 3: This Generation and The Next
Faith Like a Child In our lives, we all are searching for meaning. We long to feel valued and to feel like we are important, and we spend most of our lives seeking this meaning and value. We care about our status and our value in the eyes of those around us, and this becomes…
Read MoreLife Changing Conversations // Part 2: The Disciples
The Joy of Being Sent We say “yes” to many different things. Sometimes we say yes to doing activities with our friends or family. Sometimes we say yes to a job we are asked to do. Sometimes we say yes to ideas, plans, or goals. Our yeses typically define the course of our lives and…
Read MoreLife Changing Conversations // Part 1: The Rich Young Ruler
True Satisfaction vs. Worldly Happiness There are so many things in this world that people try to use to find satisfaction. Oftentimes, money is one of these major things. We think that more and more money will make us happy and bring fulfillment, security, and happiness. We think that if we can control how much…
Read MoreEveryday Armor // Part 4: Our Secret Weapon
The Power of Prayer In any large war or battle, the enemy always goes after the communication of their opposition. They go after the communication towers or other things that their opponent uses, knowing that’s when their enemy becomes most vulnerable. They’re vulnerable when they cannot communicate with the other soldiers or their commander. Likewise,…
Read MoreEveryday Armor // Part 3: Go Forward
Our Spiritual Battle Are you putting on your Everyday Armor for your daily spiritual battles? Though we don’t live in the ancient Roman empire when armor like what’s described in Ephesians 6 was worn, we can still learn so much from this armor that Paul describes. It’s a different time period, yes, but the spiritual…
Read MoreEveryday Armor // Part 2: Suit Up
Our Spiritual Battle In most sports, the athletes are playing alongside a team. There’s a goal and a desired outcome, and in order to get to that specific goal or outcome, the team works together to strive towards that goal. As the team works towards that goal, they also realize that they’re working against a…
Read MoreEveryday Armor // Part 1: We are in a Spiritual Battle
Our Spiritual Battle Are you aware of the spiritual battle that’s going on around you each day? As we walk into our workplaces or at-home offices, our classrooms or kid’s schools, our homes or apartments, restaurants or coffee shops, there is a battle for our souls. The Enemy wants to discourage, destroy, and defeat us…
Read MoreOne Voice // Part 5: Giving All
Jesus or the World The world will try to sell us many different exciting, new things, telling us that these are the things that we should be living for. This isn’t a new concept, either. Even in Scripture, we read that people since the beginning have had to turn from the things of the world…
Read MoreOne Voice // Part 4: Growing Up
Defined by Love What would be a few words that those closest to you would describe you as? What about those that you have met for the first time? This may vary depending on the person or, if we’re being honest, the mood we are in that day, but as Christians, above all, LOVE should…
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