King David’s life had two sides. He was a warrior, chosen by God to rule when he was a lowly shepherd boy with several impressive older brothers. He lived with God’s favor on his life for many of his years, and today he is still known as “a man after ...
Read More »What’s in the Garden of Your Heart?
In the devotional book, Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace In His Presence, author Sarah Young describes the heart as a garden, a place where Christ takes up residence when we accept Him into our lives. Our hearts are much like a garden in another way: predators look for a way in, and sometimes they get ...
Read More »Scared of Death? Take God’s View
Do you ever think about dying? Most of us have thought about our own death or the death of someone close to us. And for those of us who have experienced the loss of someone close, days following our loss can make us feel as if the sun should not ...
Read More »How Important is Sexual Compatibility?
Sex is a gift from God, and He commands us to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28), so what makes it a sin? Sex can be seen along the same lines as gluttony and drunkenness which makes it become a form of idolatry. Society claims that we have to be sexually ...
Read More »Seek God in Prayer, Even if The Answer is “No”
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Luke 11:9, NIV) Luke 11:9 says: seek Him. It kind of sounds a little too simple. After all, when we are praying we are ...
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