Dependence on God Through Trouble
For me, dependence on God wasn’t something I ever thought about when growing up. As a child, I played with a pet chicken or watched ripples dance across the water when throwing rocks into...
Category: Spiritual Disciplines
What Does It Mean to Wrestle with God?
To answer, “What does it mean to wrestle with God?”, does it mean waking up feeling spiritually alive is the perfect day to do so? I ask God questions relating to suffering, inequalities, and...
How to Receive Communion and Reap Benefits
As a child, learning how to receive communion meant picking up dropped breadcrumbs and pretty-colored juice. In those younger days, I had no idea what taking the Lord’s Supper actually meant. I recall stern...
Discerning God’s Will For Me
Nearly everyone has trouble discerning God’s will. When I wander in the valley (once again), it’s tempting to ask God to put me to sleep like He did Adam. I’d ask Him to put...
How to Deny Your Flesh
Learning how to deny your flesh is being aware when it takes control. I stay attuned to words like, “Listen to what the Spirit of God says” because taming my flesh must include spiritual...
Jonah Bible Study: Fleeing From God
After completing a Jonah Bible study, I realized the prophet didn’t have a lick of sense. The belly of a fish was his 3-day home when obeying God was the better option. The book...
How to Win Spiritual Battles: 3 Steps
How to win spiritual battles. That reality concerns every Christian at some point in their journeys. A nemesis, Satan by name, draws a spiritual battle line and dares you to step across. His specialty...
3 Keys to Spiritual Growth That Work
These 3 keys to spiritual growth I’m about to share will encourage you to not give up. Because once, I almost did. On a mission to learn how to grow spiritually, numbness overtook me...
Hearing God’s Voice Isn’t Hard
Hearing God’s voice is a game changer. One day it dawned on me while reading Isaiah 6:8 that God wasn’t addressing Isaiah directly. Since God spoke everything into existence, it stands to reason He...
Noah’s Ark Story: An Amazing Chronicle
The miraculous Noah’s Ark story offers more than a good read. It’s interesting that rain came down in torrents for 40 days and nights. But many people ask, “How big was Noah’s Ark” or...