Seeking rest on our terms prevents us from trusting God as our shepherd and provider. When we repent, God offers a rest that is without end.
Read MoreLiving with eyes fixed on Jesus is seeking His kingdom and righteousness because in Him we have all that we need.
Read MoreWe can have such a strong desire for what we want or what makes sense to us that we will set aside the very commands or instruction of God.
Read MoreIn the midst of painful circumstances it is natural for us to want a "fix" to make life less painful. But God wants to deliver us from our darkness and provide us with something better.
Read MoreWhat we look at is typically what we become. If we look to things that are contrary to God, we will become more like those things. If we look to God however, we will become more like Him.
Read MoreSetting aside our own ambitions and plans, we can take up God’s — in the way we speak, testify, and make decisions that reflect His kingdom's reign over our hearts.
Read MoreThe significance and value of true transformation means that we can embrace the pain because it is only through the process that our life will be conformed to God's design.
Read MoreIn this teaching, Steve illustrates that we must be brought out of misalignment and rebellion to God and be brought into right alignment with Him.
Read MoreLet us begin this year by making the decision to forsake the life we want for ourselves and instead pursuing the life that Christ died to give us that will honor and glorify Him!
Read MoreOur responsibility as Christians is to view our relationships through a lens of God's redemption. When we recognize God's power to restore and bring good out of our sinful lives, it gives us the grace and means to walk with others through any hardship and be at peace with them as far as it depends on us.
Read MoreWe must acknowledge that out hurts can greatly affect our lives. It takes a trust and submission to God for Him to do the work in us that brings about forgiveness, repentance, and renewed commitment to following Him and laying our whole life at His feet.
Read MoreAs Christians, we realize that we have been forgiven by God and reconciled to Him. So how can we justify our unforgiveness towards people who hurt us? We can't, but instead must ask God for the ability to see others the way that He sees us and rely on His strength and power to forgive.
Read MoreWhen we choose to live with our bitterness and hurts, we've forgotten that we too are guilty of causing hurt. The Word of God commands us instead to "Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."
Read MoreRecognizing that Jesus Christ is the only way, truth, and life advances us in the lifelong journey of dethroning false hopes and security and embracing the true comfort of God's salvation that our spirits desperately need.
Read MoreWhy do so many Christians continue hoarding wrong mindsets and sin? Because we don't want the Holy Spirit to actually guide us. But when we learn to be led by the Holy Spirit, we will no longer want to hold onto or do what our sinful nature craves.
Read MoreWhen we hoard our hurts, pride, selfishness, and other sin, we hinder our ability to live according to God's design. Steve walks us through the dangers of spiritual hoarding and leads us to the great hope of God’s love as the only lasting solution.
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