Prayer for Increase in Love & Understanding

What does it mean to pray that the love of believers may abound? What kind of love should the believer have? Philippians 1:09-11 says: And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and…

How Does Wisdom & Meditating on Scripture Help Us in Our Life? | God’s Will

How can meditating on scripture help us understand the will of God? Why should we meditate on scripture? Aren’t there other ways to find God’s will for our life? Summary of the will of God series is to show how the Bible lays out God’s will for our life, in all aspects of life. Anything…

From Darkness to Light, One Woman’s Journey Out of the Occult (Alisa Childers, Jac Marino)

New Age, occult, sin, demonic-possession and more. Today’s video pick is a testimony I hope that encourages you about the power of Christ. Jesus, and only Jesus, breaks the bondage to sin. The Bible is where we find our answers, nothing else will ever be enough. To encourage you to check out the video, I’ve…

Knowledge Doesn’t Make You A “Mature” Christian (I’m A Hypocrite)

I was looking over a past conflict I had with someone a couple years ago. There were concerning issues I saw with their walk with Jesus, and I tried to encourage them to be wary of becoming stubborn in what they thought was right. Yeah, not something easy to say...let alone hear on the other side.…

Knowledge & Teaching | Spiritual Gifts

God doesn't care what our skill set is. He doesn't care what we are naturally gifted in. What we think we should do could be completely opposite of what God wants. John Bunyan, for example, was a son of a tinker. He was not well learned, yet, God used him to preach and eventually write…

Desperately Seek Wisdom

Proverbs never ceases to give amazing pieces of advice. Today is all about wisdom. Today's Reading | Ch. 2  First, we are told to listen and treasure commands. But then second, we are instructed to listen more deeply and concentrate on understanding. We are to cry out for insight and ask for understanding. We are…

Stop Fooling Ourselves

In the world we live in, it is SO easy to be caught up in everything we "think" we know. People can puff us up in the vain lie of how much we have studied, or how much we have taken time to discuss life, scripture, theology, God, what have you. We need to make…