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Learning How to Talk To God
The Lord’s Prayer: “Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven,your name be honored as holy.10 Your kingdom come.Your will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us today our daily bread.[d]12 And forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And do not bring us into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one…
Why the Lord’s Supper, or Communion, is Important
If you’ve attended church for a while, you’ve been in a communion service. The little cups and the stale bits of bread passed around the sanctuary that we all grab patiently. The pastor reminding us the bread represents Jesus’ body and the wine His blood before we partake together. But why is the Lord’s Supper,…
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What a Two Month Media Fast Taught Me
Fasting from all media for two months wasn’t a planned out event. I didn’t pray about it. My family didn’t make a whole decision to intentionally do this. But there had been a twinge in my soul for months. My emotions felt disconnected from God, but I assumed my health issues were the root cause…
Christian Parenting: help for your angry child
Desperation circled around me during the early years of parenting. My child’s rage was quick, unpredictable, and often uncontrollable. At three years old, her tiny, little heart contained so much anger it wasn’t a matter of if she would explode during the day but when. Doubting our own parenting ability goes to an all-time high…
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Moral Dilemmas: making biblical decisions when the Bible doesn’t address your situation
In today’s world, we can easily find ourselves needing to make decisions that the Bible doesn’t specifically give clear guidance on. Parenting decisions, job decisions, how to spend your money, who to vote for at the next election, if you should switch churches, whether to confront a friend, etc… are just a few of those…
Experiencing God Daily: 3 easy steps you can try today
Sometimes our preconceived ideas about God and studying the Bible are what keep us from simply experiencing and knowing God. Often we get so caught up in the activities surrounding Christianity, we end up disillusioned and questioning our faith. But we don’t have to live in this state. Because God is alive and active, we…
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Simple Facts about the New Testament
If you haven’t yet read the basic facts about the Bible or the Old Testament run down, go check them out here. Remember, the Bible is on big story and today we are going to tie the entire story together How the New Testament Begins Hundreds of years pass between when the Old Testament ends…
Understanding Basic Old Testament Facts
The Bible is one big story. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible tells us one storyline. However, if you’ve grown up hearing Bible stories or just attend church periodically, you’ve probably heard the stories of the Bible told in random order with no real connection. But in order to understand the Bible, you need to…
The Holy Spirit: Understanding the third person of the Trinity
As we read through the Bible, the Holy Spirit is often an elusive character in the story of God that we aren’t quite sure how to understand. We clearly see God the Father at creation and God the son through his birth, life, death, and resurrection. But the references to the Holy Spirit can often…
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Three Things You Need to Know About Christ
Truly knowing Christ sometimes feels a bit out of reach for most of us. If you’ve stepped into any Bible-preaching church in your life, you’ve been told to trust Christ, live like Christ lived, and obey him. But where to start and what does knowing Christ look like can be a huge unanswered question. One…
Contentment: Learning to embrace the life God has given you
There are times in life when contentment seems far from you because your giftings far exceed your station in life. You are a gifted artist, organizer, event planner, teacher but currently, you have been placed in a job, house, circumstance that needs none of your giftedness. And not only does it not need your giftedness;…
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Three Ways to Celebrate Advent
We are currently in the season of Advent. Advent is simply a season of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of Jesus’ birth. That expectation is what makes the waiting exciting. It is what keeps our focus on Christ in the midst of a long season of busyness, parties, and a million Christmas activities. Advent…
