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Prayer and evangelism go hand in hand. Discover how praying Scripture deepens your heart for the lost and empowers your witness.

Spiritual double-mindedness keeps us stuck. Learn what it means to walk by faith with an undivided heart—and how to grow in spiritual fitness through daily trust.

Discover seven biblical reasons prayers go unanswered and how removing these barriers can renew your confidence in prayer.

If you’ve lived long enough in this world, you can probably say, “I’ll never forget the moment everything changed.” The job you counted on disappeared. The diagnosis blindsided you. A relationship shattered.   And it’s in these moments, when life cracks open without warning, that our faith is tested and our foundation revealed.  You see, the truth is this: trials aren't the enemy of faith. They're the pressure points that prove whether our trust in God is real or just theoret

Our phones and feeds shape more than our habits. They shape our hearts. Here’s how to stay faithful, grounded, and focused on God when distractions never stop.

If you’re like me, when you think of true obedience to God, your mind might immediately to dramatic instances—missionaries crossing oceans, public personalities standing against cultural pressure, or people giving sacrificially in a moment of severe crisis.   But here’s the deal: most of life doesn’t unfold in the extremes. Instead, it’s lived in the mundane realities of everyday life: morning routines, meetings, chores, conversations. And it’s precisely there, in the everyda

If you’ve lived long enough on this Earth, you are well aware of this one fact: life doesn’t always follow a script we like or can even understand. Each one of us faces loss, confusion, disappointment. And in the silence, we often wonder where God is. In these moments, trusting Him can feel less like a firm conviction and more like clinging to a rope in the dark.  But here’s the vital takeaway from those moments: the rope is real. And it holds.  The Call to Trust  Consider Pr

Prayer is seldom easy, and sometimes we need guidance to get started. My goal in this article is to give you a simple strategy to pray next week, beginning this coming Sunday. You might pray this way individually, or you might invite your small group or entire congregation to join you in this approach.   The entire process is built on the ACTS prayer paradigm, a paradigm I learned decades ago when I needed help focusing my praying. At the time, this process was revolutionary

It’s easy to tell ourselves: “I know I’m not where I should be spiritually—but it’s just between me and God. I’m not hurting anyone...

"For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things." 1 Timothy 4:8 sits at the core of our work, and it lines up with what the data keeps showing. The targeted keyword here is Power of Four Bible reading, and the idea is simple. When people engage the Bible at least four days a week, real change shows up. Not in theory. In daily life. Lower stress. Better choices. Deeper hope. We’ve seen it in coaching, heard it in stories, and read it in the numb

Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at how Jesus and the early believers prayed—and our only conclusion must be that we don’t pray like...

Picture this: your grandchild sitting in a classroom, bombarded by messages that contradict everything you believe. Or scrolling...

In last week’s article in this series on prayer, we looked at prayer in the life of Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God—so, it might be easy...

His real name was Joseph. But most believers knew him by a different name—Barnabas, which means “son of encouragement.”  You won’t find...

Most of us struggle with prayer. We’ll talk more about that struggle in weeks to come, but today’s article focuses on the prayer life of...

Everyone in town knew who he was—and no one liked him.  Zacchaeus was the chief tax collector in Jericho. He had grown rich working for...

Prayer isn’t just ritual—it’s a relationship with God. Discover how to move from duty-driven prayer to delight in His presence.

She wasn’t supposed to be there.  By the laws of her time, the woman with a twelve-year hemorrhage should have stayed away from public...

The house was buzzing with activity. Guests had arrived. Food needed preparing. Schedules were tight. Expectations were high.  Martha was...

He wasn’t an apostle. He wasn’t a pastor. He was a deacon—a man chosen to serve meals to widows in the early church.  But Stephen’s life...

I trust this series about mentoring has challenged you to invest your life in the lives of others in such a way that both of you grow in...

Gideon was fearful and insecure—yet God used him mightily. Discover how faith grows when we trust God's strength, not our own.

Joseph of Arimathea followed Jesus quietly—until the moment came to act boldly. Discover how quiet faith can still make a lasting impact.

I’ve noted throughout this series on mentoring that many believers want someone to walk with them in their Christian journey. Sometimes,...