Category: Christian Walk
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A Sacred Marriage Leads Us to a Holy God
The Bible begins and ends with marriage, and right in the middle, we have an entire book, the Song of Songs, devoted to the romance of marriage. God called Israel His wife, and the church is called the Bride of Christ. Marriage is blessed, and Gary Thomas has written a marriage-changing book asking the question,…
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7 Ordinary People Prayed … Lives Changed
“The people God uses, the people God chooses, are ordinary people who pray” (Life Changing Prayers, p. 11). Seven people like you and me prayed, and their lives and the lives of generations were changed. In Life Changing Prayers, Dr. Michael Youssef examines the prayers of ordinary people – prayers that produced extraordinary results. Youssef examines…
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Our Fathers’ 9 Actions from Matthew
Señor Mancini transforms leather into beautiful handbags, briefcases, belts, and other works of art. Behind the Parthenon in Rome lies a shop filled with art, leather, and stories of a father who had a passion for creating the best leather products by hand. He worked diligently to build his business and provide for his family. He…
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68 Reasons Why Jesus is Superior
Christians are walking the Roman Road together. There are gaps in the road, sometimes holes, grass, and weeds. Often, we stumble, and sometimes we veer off the road and the stones, but Jesus holds out His hand and waits for us to grab it again. He picks us up when we stumble, brushes us off,…
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8 Miles Refocusing on Jesus
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy…
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God’s Mystery Revealed
There’s just something about a good mystery that I like. What about you? Do you like to look for the clues? Do you feel elation when you discover the answer? Keith was in the Air Force for 22 years, and we lived in the Philippines, Italy, the East and West Coasts and in the Midwest.…
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God in the Dark: Light Pierces the Dark
“It’s hard to be a Christian,” was a stranger’s comment when he asked me about God in the Dark. We were in the sun on a hot day waiting for the celebration to begin, a graduation ceremony. The crowd, the heat, the noise disappeared as we explored Sarah Van Diest’s 31 devotions focused on recognizing God…
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What’s Living for Christ Mean to You? What’s your purpose?
Paul writes in Philippians 1:21-22a “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me.” What does living for Christ and fruitful labor look like for you? In other words, what’s your purpose in life? Please share in the Comments Section…
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15 Quotes from Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way
Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way challenges readers to dig deep within themselves. We’re prompted to ask the gritty questions. “Is there a purpose in the brokenness that I’m experiencing?” “What can I learn from my pain?” “What is really important? To God? To me?”