If you want to be wise, invite wise people into your life. You don’t need a lot of friends. You don’t need to be popular. You just need a few good friends who build you up, not tear you down—who are wise, not fools. If you hang around with fools, that’s what you become. But... Continue Reading →
Feed Your Mind with Truth
If you want to become wise, the first thing you have to do is feed yourself with God’s Word every day. Proverbs 2:6 says, “It is the Lord who gives wisdom; from him come knowledge and understanding” (TEV). You don’t get wisdom from television. You don’t get it from the Internet. You don’t get it from magazines. Wisdom comes... Continue Reading →
Why Should You Be Generous?
As a follower of Christ, why is it so important to be generous? Here are three ways it can make an impact on your life: It makes you happy. Acts 20:35 says, “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’” (NLT). The world will tell you that you will be... Continue Reading →
For Long-term Gain, Choose Short-term Pain
If you’re going to be good at anything—if you’re going to have long-term gain—you’ve got to accept short-term pain. Anybody who’s ever played sports knows this. To end up in a championship game, you’ve got to work hard and practice for long hours. But it’s not just true in sports. It’s true in finances and... Continue Reading →
To Be Your Best, Give God Your Best
When Timothy joined Paul on his missionary journey, Timothy was still a very young man. Paul sent him to a city called Ephesus to help start and lead a church. Even though Timothy struggled with fear, God used him. Here are three lessons you can learn from Timothy about how to fulfill God’s calling on... Continue Reading →
It’s Never Too Late to Follow God’s Call
It’s never too late to follow God’s calling on your life. After Joshua sent 12 spies into the Promised Land, they returned and reported that the land was too hard a place for God’s people to settle. And because of their unbelief, the Israelites wandered around in the desert for another 40 years. An entire... Continue Reading →
God, Why Is This Happening to Me?
In his pain and despair, Job asked a lot of legitimate questions: “Why let people go on living in misery? Why give light to those in grief” (Job 3:20 GNT). This “why” question is human nature, and we all ask it. We have this misconception that if we understand the reason behind our pain, then it will... Continue Reading →
Let Your Friends Carry You Through Hard Times
When you go through major disappointments in life, it’s natural to want to pull back and isolate yourself. You want to handle it yourself. You want to keep your losses, failures, mistakes, and crises a secret. You want to withdraw. But this is a terrible idea! When you go through disappointment, that’s when you need... Continue Reading →
What’s Influencing Your Worldview?
To live with uncommon courage and stand up for Christ, you have to clarify your worldview—the filter through which you see and understand the world. Yesterday we looked at what it means to develop a Christian worldview. But you also need to understand the non-Christian worldviews that compete for your devotion every day.Here are four... Continue Reading →
How to Have Uncommon Courage
In a world full of ideas and beliefs that go against God’s Word, God wants you to have an uncommon courage and stand up for Christ. To do this effectively, you need to develop a Christian worldview. What is a worldview? It’s the filter through which you see and understand the world. Everyone’s filter is... Continue Reading →
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