When life gets challenging or scary, we may be tempted to doubt God’s love for us—we may think, “Maybe God doesn’t care enough to help me.” Or we may question whether He is able to help us: “Maybe God can’t do anything about this.” When doubt sneaks into our minds, let us remind ourselves of...
This is the second article in a series based on my book The Guilty Soul’s Guide to Grace. This article is based on chapter 5. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) This passage tells us...
Consider some of the beautiful phrases Paul uses to describe God’s grace: God is “rich in mercy,” and he has “incomparable riches” of grace. God’s grace is abundant—he has more to give than we could ever use! And best of all, it is free. ...
This is the sixth in a series of encouraging articles about “The Blessings and Joy We Receive From God and Jesus.” It is amazing how God and Jesus help us in our weaknesses trials, and temptations! In the passage below we will see how Jesus, the...
This is the fifth in a series of encouraging articles about the Blessings and Joy We Receive From God and Jesus. As we have seen in the past four articles, we receive great blessings from the love God and Jesus have for us, and from sharing that love with others. One of the most powerful ways we share God’s love...
In Matthew 6:9-15, Jesus gives us detailed and powerful teaching on how to have fulfilling prayer lives. Let’s discuss his teaching one line at a time. “This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” (v. 9) Jesus teaches us...
Jesus taught and modeled prayer in many ways. Let’s take a closer look at one of his teachings, a teaching that helps us to develop a more intimate and powerful prayer life: “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to...
In our next series of articles, we will study how God enables us to grow through our prayer lives. We will learn from the example of Jesus how to to draw close to God in prayer, and how to become spiritually stronger servants of God. Below...
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. Psalm 127:3-5 Our children are some of our greatest...
Love must define our families. We are called to love one another like Christ. There is no higher calling! ...