Amazing Gifts We Can Give
Spiritual Ways to Give the Gift of Christ I once heard of a young woman named Krissy who had a burden for...
Amazing Gifts We Can Give
Spiritual Ways to Give the Gift of Christ I once heard of a young woman named Krissy who had a burden for her younger brother to come to Christ. She prayed one...
The One Percent Miracle – 3 Reasons to Choose Life
A true story of a father’s journey to faith during the birth of his son with tremendous physical challenges testifies why we should choose life. Baby Darius is in a battle for his life, and yet God’s purposes for the unforeseen difficulties that arise still remain. Here are 3 reasons why we should choose life despite of imperfections and how you can help Baby Darius.
When Dating Becomes an Idol
Growing up in my generation, the notion of waiting for your future spouse was not easily heard of. For some of us, all we ever learn about purity in youth group is making an abstinence commitment until marriage. Nevertheless, many of us walk into dating relationships haphazardly and become easily entangled in moral compromise. If we are not yielded to God in this area of our lives, then dating relationships can become an idol. This was the case for my story. So I share mine not as one who has done everything perfectly but very much imperfectly. And when we found ourselves utterly lost and enslaved to sin, we can run to the Savior who paid it all.
Choosing Forgiveness on Father’s Day
The romantic melody began to play and filled the air with a soft tune in the lush and green garden where her guests awaited. On cue, the bride began her descent down the aisle. The people gasped and marveled at her captivating beauty, her pure white gown glistened int he sunlight. Although the father of the bride was present, the bride walked alone. There was no one at her side to escort and give her away. This was determined by choice.
You see, a long time ago, Trinity’s father gave up this right to walk by her side over a selfish impulse. This once-in-a-lifetime chance her father lost forever.
Trinity is just one of the countless of women and adult children who have been unimaginably hurt by their fathers. To them, Father’s Day has lost its meaning. However, the only way we can truly experience freedom and healing from our pain is when we choose to forgive.
Amazing Facts About Rebekah Part 4: No Other Lovers
Polygamy was a common practice in the Bible. But there is one love story in Genesis that opposed the common practices of its time. In this final study of Rebekah from the Bible, their story leaves an example for us to follow. And it behooves us to also rise to the challenge: Are we willing to walk a narrower way to love the one God has set apart for us, our future spouse?
Amazing Facts About Rebekah from the Bible Part 3: Arising to His Call
Here is the continuation of my story and the 5 important points to Rebekah’s marriage to Isaac. Her love story could not have occurred if it were not for her sacrificial surrender to God’s will. Similarly, we long to have a God-written love story of our own. Even those of us who are married desire to have a beautiful marriage that aligns with the patterns of Christ and His love for the Church. But it can only happen when we surrender our lives and arise to His call upon our lives.
Amazing Facts About Rebekah from the Bible Part 2: When God Writes Your Love Story
In Genesis 24, we see God as the Author of Romance in the love story of Isaac and Rebekah from the Bible. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He’s still in the business of writing love stories! There are 5 key points we can learn in their love story. Here are the first two points, and how my love story began.
Becoming an Overcomer: Lessons from a Spiritual Athlete
There is something about sports that translates into our spiritual reality. Paul the Apostle in the New Testament refers to the “runners” in the race and those who compete in the “games” as an imagery for the Christian life. Sports can be a powerful tool for character building and spiritual training. However, the ultimate goal is to wield it in such a way not so that our child can become the next olympic athlete but that he or she may rise up to be an overcomer in God’s Kingdom.
Amazing Facts About Rebekah from the Bible Part 1: Cultivating Kindness
The story of Rebekah is one of the loveliest in the Bible. Abraham’s servant went to great lengths to find her. Here is why she was worth the distance, and why we should emulate her model of kindness.
Hope for the Postpartum Mother
Although being a mother of a newborn can bring great joy, the postpartum months following birth can be a time of intense vulnerability and weakness. But there is hope for postpartum mothers! Here are 4 tips to help mothers triumph through these challenging months.