Grow in Your Walk With Christ

Have you ever been told, “Stop it! Just stop it!” If it is something trivial, like biting your nails, you can simply pull your finger out of your mouth, but if it is an ingrained habit, it can be very difficult to stop. In fact, most people who try to stop their bad habits give

Journalling is journalling. You just start writing, and what comes out is a stream of consciousness.That’s what I used to think, but other approaches can unlock your journaling and provide you with all its benefits. Open Journaling Just write. That’s what journaling is, right? Certainly, that is one way. Fundamentally, open journaling is an excellent

How should we bring joy to church leaders? It is a question we probably haven’t asked ourselves before. I know it’s not something I’ve asked. But it is a question Wayne Mack asks in chapter 4 of Life in the Father’s House.

When I was working at putting off my sinful anger a few years ago, I was taught three steps of repentance. The most powerful for me was this step I’m going to tell you about today. This one step changed my attitude to this sin and allowed me to put to death the sin that

You know that one of the primary goals the Lord has for us is our sanctification. So, why not use your quiet time to conduct a search and destroy mission for sin? Since we’ve covered elements of this on this blog over the last couple of months, let’s summarize what we’ve covered so that we

While reading through the different books about spiritual disciplines, you might walk away confused about which spiritual disciplines you should focus. One major book on Spiritual disciplines has 11; another has 17, and yet another 7. What’s more frustrating is that there is little overlap between these lists. When it comes to your quiet time, there are

If you haven’t already seen Ryan Ferguson’s recital of Hebrews 9-10, you should watch it. If you are interested in scripture memorization, this is quite inspiring. He’s also done a few others, including Psalm 22, this recitation of Psalm 25 and this one of Psalm 145. I previously posted some tips for memorizing scripture like

Have you ever looked at your weaknesses (sin and corruption) and wondered how in the world people have any respect for you? It is often easy to look on the bad side, and unfortunately it is even easier to become discouraged and even depressed by looking at our sin, but this is an ungodly response,