Out of an overflow of God’s love, we can implement simple practices that cultivate Christlike character in our children and invite God’s love to fill our homes. In today’s post, I share are five practices to create a Christ-centered home and build a rock-solid foundation for our children’s faith.
Adversity is critical to our spiritual growth just like exercise is critical to our physical health. Adversity allows for growth, strengthens our character, and sharpens our willpower. In today’s post, Joseph Shumway shares how we can harness the winds of adversity by setting our sails to increased capacity, following Christ, and encouraging others to join us on our journey. We were made for such a time as this and can trust that God has the divine power to lift us to great heights from what appears to be an unbearable burden. Like Paul, may we discover that God’s power is made perfect in our weakness, and “most gladly therefore glory in our infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon us” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Today marks a season of struggle for many of us with financial loss, uncertainty, loneliness, and physical suffering. COVID-19 has affected millions of people in a myriad of ways. In this week’s post, writer and teacher, Rachel Ryan, shares four reasons she is thankful for tragedy and the unexpected blessings that come from it.
When we live in a place of fear, we have no room for faith. In today’s post, writer and therapist, Danielle Pete, talks about how we can cultivate faith in times of uncertainty and be the Church in the midst of a global pandemic.
How do we pray when we have no words or don’t know where to begin? What do we say when we long for God’s peace, but all we feel is anxiety and fear? We can start by praying the way Jesus taught His disciples two thousand years ago. In today’s post, writer and teacher, Rachel Ryan, shares the prayer she’s clinging to through the Coronavirus pandemic and how that prayer has brought comfort and hope in the midst of uncertainty and hardship.
Today’s post outlines eight spiritual disciplines as described in Richard Foster’s book, The Celebration of Discipline. Each of these practices has been life-changing for me in cultivating the fruit of the Spirit and experiencing Christ’s love, peace, and joy to greater depths. I pray that they will help you in your spiritual walk as you move toward health and wholeness.
Just like we fuel ourselves physically we need to recharge ourselves emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We can exercise regularly, attend therapy, and eat the cleanest diet, but if we are not also practicing rest and relaxation it’s all in vain. In today’s post, guest author Danielle Pete shares healthy coping strategies to combat stress so we can be prepared for battle when faced with blindsiding hardships.
Have you ever felt like you’re drowning in a sea of worry and Jesus is sleeping? If so, you’re not alone—Jesus’ closest friends experienced the same thing. In today’s post, Jen shares common misconceptions about anxiety and two truths that are helping her shift her focus from the waves of life to the One who controls them and walks with us through the storms.
God never wastes our pain, but rather uses it to sanctify us and invite us into a closer relationship with Him. Through Him, we can find hope. Through community, we can get help. Together, we can experience healing from depression and other mental illness so we can walk toward wholeness.
Worry, fear, and anxiety are the common cold of mental illness and will take over our lives if we let them. In today’s post, international speaker, bestselling author, and board certified clinical neuropsychologist, Dr. Michelle Bengtson, shares a battle plan to break the grip of anxiety so we can reclaim the peace God promises.
