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7 Ways the Church Can Welcome People with Anxiety

When we consider the rising percentages of mental illness sufferers and the increasing rate of suicides in church communities around the world, it...

7 Ways the Church Can Welcome People with Anxiety

9 Convictions Believers Must Not Compromise On

We can argue and debate about much, but there are some issues that the believer cannot compromise on. Here are 9 convictions we must not change our...

9 Convictions Believers Must Not Compromise On

Why Do We Need Church Discipline?

A necessary consideration is whether numbers are worth more than the detrimental costs to the make-up of the church in the quality of membership...

Why Do We Need Church Discipline?

How Can I Overcome My Worry and Anxiety?

My friends and family call me a "worry wart." I have to agree with them. Can you help me overcome my anxieties so that I'm not so miserable?

How Can I Overcome My Worry and Anxiety?

4 Challenges of Being a Pastor’s Wife and How to Deal with Them

The challenges of being a pastor’s wife are at times large. However, as I look back on our years of ministry life together, the benefits have...

4 Challenges of Being a Pastor’s Wife and How to Deal with Them

What is Soaking Prayer? Examples and Scriptures for Healing

Soaking is the listening part of our conversation with God. It's laying aside time to lie down and receive from Him.

What is Soaking Prayer? Examples and Scriptures for Healing

3 Lessons We Can Learn from Josiah in the Bible

Despite what has happened in your life, you can choose to be the same kind of person Josiah was. It does not matter who came before you or who will...

3 Lessons We Can Learn from Josiah in the Bible

10 Ways to Be Wise in Our Daily Lives

It is so easy to get wrapped up in what we think and feel but what we feel isn’t always true. We need to read our Bibles and ask God for help on...

10 Ways to Be Wise in Our Daily Lives

How Can We Pray for Those Who Are Unreached?

We ultimately pray for them to be set free from sin by knowing Jesus so that many more people would become disciples and glorify the Lord. When we...

How Can We Pray for Those Who Are Unreached?

5 Worship Songs to Bring Healing

These five songs are sure to bring healing into your life if you meditate on the words and you allow the lyrics to seep into your soul. God brings...

5 Worship Songs to Bring Healing

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Church

Since COVID, church attendance has drastically declined. When the pandemic hit, one in three practicing Christians stopped attending church. In...

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Church

4 Truths People with Mental Illness Need the Church to Know

If we are to be His hands and feet, perhaps Jesus intends that we become gentle and humble in dealing with the mentally ill. He intends for the...

4 Truths People with Mental Illness Need the Church to Know

How Can I Forgive My Kids’ Abuser?

He is no longer in our lives and nowhere near my children. They are so young, and their pain is so deep. I want to do the right thing for us all,...

How Can I Forgive My Kids’ Abuser?

5 Ways to Escape a “Serve-Me” Spiritual Mentality

If we are not careful, we can allow internal desires, unmet false expectations, or our own personal spiritual negligence to cause us to be...

5 Ways to Escape a “Serve-Me” Spiritual Mentality

6 Ways to Get Over Church Hurt

We’ve all been hurt by churches. But what do you do when those wounds fester into bitter hearts and infected scars?

6 Ways to Get Over Church Hurt