Serving in the Shadows
Reading Time: 3 minutes
If your main motivation is to please other people, and your self-worth depends on others’ approval, you will be frustrated and disappointed.
Motivate
Love’s Persuasive Power
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Love has persuasive power. Compassion makes our arguments more convincing, but without love, our arguments sound hollow.
A Peek at the Devil’s Playbook
Reading Time: 4 minutes
We know the devil’s gameplan. Scripture gives us the inside scoop about several tools in Satan’s toolbox—schemes he employs in his efforts to thwart God’s purposes.
Unbeknownst to Me
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Even when your efforts are unbeknownst to others, the Lord knows. “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them” (Hebrews 6:10).
Walk a Little Farther
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Has your faith become complacent? Is your lifestyle a bit too predictable and comfortable? Is the Lord nudging you to do more, give more, or risk more? Don’t quit if the Lord wants you to walk a little farther.
Filling the Leadership Void
Reading Time: 4 minutes
In addition to praying for harvest workers (Matthew 9:38), David Faust offers several suggestions for addressing the church’s leadership shortage.
The Holidays’ Hard Edge
Reading Time: 4 minutes
When the holiday blahs settle in, it’s time to do some self-talk and use the second half of the psalmist’s blues song to tell your soul, “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (Psalm 42:5, 11).
Be a Lighthouse
Reading Time: 4 minutes
How can we disagree without destroying families, splitting churches, and devastating relationships? God calls us to preach truth boldly, but also to care deeply for those who misunderstand or despise us. What does it take to preach the gospel of grace in an age of outrage?
Climbing the Mountain Together
Reading Time: 5 minutes
As the church heads into the future, we may be overlooking one of our greatest resources: senior adults. . . .