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Still carrying guilt or shame over past sin? Discover from Psalm 51 how God cleanses, restores, and renews joy for every repentant heart.

It takes more than willpower to find lasting freedom. Discover how faith, radical honesty, and God’s transforming mercy move you from merely sober to fully alive.

Are you studying the Bible more than you’re living it? This article explores why head knowledge alone can’t win spiritual battles, how obedience activates spiritual strength, and how to move from information to transformation one step at a time.

Discover why fasting has become a powerful spiritual discipline in the author’s life, how it deepens prayer, increases focus on God, and shapes spiritual growth, and why now is the best time to prepare for a faithful practice in the new year.

Struggling with doubt or unbelief? Discover how Jesus responds with compassion in Mark 9:24—and how honest faith grows stronger through struggle.

Recovery deepens when we stop hiding and start healing together. Discover how grace-filled community helps rebuild hope, identity, and faith.

Discover how gratitude rewires the brain, heals emotional pain, and brings hope through difficult holiday seasons. A faith centered guide inspired by real stories, practical wisdom, and gentle encouragement.

Build a praying home with simple, practical ideas that help families pray together, grow spiritually, and make prayer a natural part of daily life.

Explore how God’s peace steadies anxious hearts through prayer, surrender, and gratitude, even when fear speaks loudly.

Comedian Reno Collier opens up about addiction, faith, and the daily grit it takes to keep going. Here’s how trust in Jesus, honest community, and persistence shape real lasting change.

Turn everyday drives into moments of prayer by interceding for people and places you pass, transforming ordinary routes into sacred journeys.

When God feels far away, remember His presence is constant. Find hope and renewal in Scripture during life’s dry spiritual seasons.

Why Today’s Connected Teens Are Lonelier Than Ever, and How Real Mentors Bring Them Back to Life

Discover why prayerwalking deepens faith, connects believers with their communities, and strengthens focus in prayer.

Your words can shape the lives of others—or burn bridges. Learn how James 3 challenges us to develop spiritual fitness by taming the tongue and speaking with grace

Discover how to let your everyday choices reveal Jesus to others. Inspired by Brian Meyer’s incredible faith journey from hardship to hope, this guide shows how the Holy Spirit writes God’s story on your heart.

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