Can you think of a time when you were really persevering? Sometimes we can push through some very difficult things if we know the reward...

When you go through hard times, how do you respond? Of course, the situation will influence how you react, but trials are a time when our...

In day six, focus on Ephesians 5:22-32 to pray for marriages: your own, those in your family, and those in leadership in your church....

Continue, as we pray together, in day five to ask God to search your heart to see if there are any ways your life is not glorifying Him....

The focus of Ephesians 4 is on unity in the body (church) of Christ. In day four, use Ephesians 4:1-3 to pray for unity within your...

Paul includes another prayer for the saints of Ephesus in Ephesians 3:14-21. On the third day, use this prayer to lift up various family...

"A One Week Journey of Prayer: I want to encourage you to use the book of Ephesians this week as a guide to pray in different ways." On...

A One Week Journey of Prayer: I want to encourage you to use the book of Ephesians this week as a guide to pray in different ways. Spend...

As we continue to study Paul’s passage in Ephesians 6:18-20 on prayer, we see that he instructs us to “pray with all kinds of prayers and...

When I was in my early twenties, I was trained in how to lead a youth ministry. Besides sharing the gospel and discipling others, we were...

I love David’s song in Psalm 42. In the midst of the raw exposure of his soul before the Lord, David begins and ends his song in...

Recently I was thanking God for the gracious ways He uses us in the advancement of His kingdom. I was thinking specifically of a few...

Today I was reading John 13:1-20, the story of Jesus washing the disciple’s feet. My ESV Study Bible commented on Jesus’ response to...

This morning I was deeply comforted by the enduring truth that God is never threatened by our lack of understanding. I’m sure we’ve all...

At that moment, I realized that this journey had been one of looking at the life of only one little lamb. A beginning that was difficult...

The Shepherd was there in an instant and easily reached down, lifted her and carried her close to His heart. She no longer felt like that...

“He leads His flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that...

God desires that the world will see Christ through the Body (the church). As we walk with our crowns of beauty, wearing our robes of...

“…They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.” Isaiah 61:3b -Why do you think He...

We are called to display the Splendor of the Lord – “…They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display...

We’ve talked a lot this week (and last week) about the seriousness of our sin and the importance of daily surrender and repentance before...

- Renew Your Minds “Do not conform any long to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will...

What does it mean to… - Take off the “Old Self” Repentance is the key to “catching the foxes.” Ask the Holy Spirit to show you if there...

How do we throw off the things that hinder us and the sin that so easily entangles us; or as Solomon puts it, how do we “catch the...