Tag: christianity
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Speak to the Mountains
Jesus once said something so audacious that it still challenges believers today: “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”—Matthew 17:20 (NIV) We often pray for God to move the mountains in…
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Facing Uncertainty: Trusting God When the Path Isn’t Clear
There are seasons in life when the road ahead feels foggy. Plans fall through. Dreams stall. Answers don’t come. The future becomes a question mark, and uncertainty settles in like a heavy cloud. We all experience these moments—when we don’t know what to do next, when we’re waiting on God, when we feel stuck between…
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What God Does Not Promise Us
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.—Isaiah 55:8 It’s easy to cling to promises God never made. When life gets hard or our plans fall apart, we may feel let down by God—not because He failed to keep His Word, but because we expected Him to…
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Only Jesus: Nothing More, Nothing Less
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”—Acts 4:12 We live in a world of additions.Jesus and good works.Jesus and religious tradition.Jesus and political ideology.Jesus and self-help.Jesus and cultural approval.Jesus and… anything else. But the Gospel doesn’t need help.It…
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Maintaining Sexual Purity: A Sacred Call in a Compromised Culture
“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor.” —1 Thessalonians 4:3–4 We live in a world where purity is mocked, temptation is monetized, and boundaries are blurred. In a culture that celebrates…
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The Lies We Believe, the Truth God Speaks
“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”—John 8:32 The enemy is not creative, but he is consistent.From the beginning of time, Satan has used the same strategy to bring people down: he lies. In the garden, he twisted God’s words. With Jesus, he quoted Scripture out of context. And today,…
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The Quiet Resentment of the Faithful
“Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” —Galatians 6:9 There’s a unique kind of fatigue that comes, not from failure, but from faithfulness. Not from rebellion, but from responsibility. It creeps in quietly, often beneath the surface, in…
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Drink Water
In the U.S. Army’s Sabolowski Air Assault School at Fort Campbell, the standards are high, and the training is intense. Soldiers are pushed to their limits, physically and mentally, over the course of ten days that test everything from helicopter rappelling to equipment rigging. But the training culminates in something deceptively simple and brutally final:…
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Not Even Jesus Carried His Cross Alone
The image of Jesus carrying His cross is burned into the Christian imagination—staggering, bloody, determined. It’s one of the most powerful moments in the Gospel story. The Son of God, beaten and condemned, bearing the weight of the very instrument of His execution. But in that long, agonizing walk to Calvary, a truth often overlooked…
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Win – Without Compromising Witness
1. Redefine Winning Through God’s Eyes Start by remembering: winning isn’t wrong. God calls us to run the race to win (1 Corinthians 9:24). He created competition, excellence, and drive. But as a Christian, the goal is not just winning for your own glory, but striving for His. So ask: You can be both fierce…
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