For many of us raised in Christian households, our parents often used the Bible to enforce good behavior. The problem with that teaching is it leads us to believe God only wants us when we’re good, distorting our understanding of what it truly means to be a Christian. Being a Christian doesn’t mean we’re always…
When we feel as if God abandoned us, it’s usually when everyone else is also rejecting us. We tend to associate the consequences of sin in our lives with God abandoning us, but let’s pause and think of the moment we acted in sin. If we’re honest, at that moment, we didn’t really care if…
“It hurts like he’s holding on to a piece he tore out of my heart. It hurts physically, just a dull ache in my stomach,” is what a woman describes feeling after experiencing love in a relationship. While some cry all day because they’re bound by memories that keep them in the past, others describe…
“I promise I’ll never leave you,” is a common phrase we’ve all heard before in romantic relationships. A person promises to love forever and never fall in love again, and in our longing to feel loved, we believe it. Yes, we were meant to be loved and have the desire to feel wanted. After all,…
This is the greatest love story ever written This world has distorted the definition of love. We see accepted behaviors in other people’s lives, if not in our homes, then on social media. Each day, we see couples practicing toxic behaviors that make us think it’s okay to be humiliated or belittled. Let’s return to…
We’ve all experienced a time in prayer or worship when we want to praise God, but our vocabulary limits us. While the Holy Spirit will intervene and help intercede for us in ways we can’t, the Bible also shows us names we can use to express our love for God. When we call on the…
We’ve all encountered times when we’re surrounded by people chatting when suddenly the topic of church and Christians becomes the center of the conversation. Usually when this happens, if it’s among people who’ve had a bad experience, the expression towards this topic is negative. Here are some false beliefs the word of God debunks. False…
Everything you need to know to stop falling again into the same sin We may feel guilty about the sin in our lives, so we run away from God instead of repenting. Let’s remember when Adam and Eve hid because they noticed they were naked, God knew where they were, and he knows where we…
Everything you need to know to break the cycle of sin The Bible makes it clear that we’re all tempted, and temptations come in all shapes and sizes. The real issue is not the urge to sin or feeling unholy. What needs to be assessed is how we deal with the thoughts and the urges…
The season that most of us dread is finally over, but that doesn’t mean the road ahead will be perfect. Just like “the waiting” had unpleasing moments, the next season will come with its own struggles. Usually, a busy season follows the end of a waiting one. God opened a door for us and it’s…
“Enjoy them while they’re young. They grow up so fast!” They say. As we try so hard to understand the wisdom behind those words, said by people who have walked in our shoes of raising children, it’s difficult to analyze what they mean when we’re living a routine that doesn’t allow us to stop and…
In a world full of distractions, along with our short attention span, we can easily confuse the voice of God. We can forget how God speaks because we lack direction and guidance due to our minds being filled with never-ending cycles of thoughts. Nevertheless, God still speaks to us. Jeremiah 33:3 says, “‘Call to me…
It seems that life is full of processes and tests we have to go through to reach solutions. Not necessarily to reach higher, but to continue growing and moving forward as we get older. There’s also the process of mastering something. We have to practice a technique over and over again for years, learn it,…
It’s logical to think if I do this or that, then I’ll get certain results. In those times when it appears as if we’re checking off all the boxes but no outcome is showing up, it’s hard to say God is good. Because we’ve been taught the more work we put into something the better…
Receiving mental health help can look like a minute of silence in God’s presence to leave aside the chaos, problems, and thoughts that are rioting in our heads. In his presence, we know that when we feel as if no one is for us or circumstances are not getting better, God is holding us in…