Spiritual Life Archives

Many people claim they can attain whatever they want in life simply by speaking it and believing they will receive it and it will come to pass....

“The Lord gives and the Lord takes away” is both a comforting and an unsettling truth in Scripture. How can we find stability in what appears to be...

Spiritual abuse is the same as spousal, child, elder, or workplace abuse — it can be physical, sexual, or emotional. Because of the context,...

Charles Spurgeon once said, "Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints...

The mind can become a toehold for Satan if it is not trained and guarded in the ways of God. Fear says our faith is not strong enough to face the...

Performance orientation is everywhere, and it does help motivate us to do our best. The problem, however, is that people carry that performance...

Do you need a refuge today? Are you feeling weary and worn down by the attacks from the enemy? Do you need to get to the quiet place of God’s...

The Lord sends helpers, but ultimately, He is my rescuer. He is always with me. When I humble myself, He will lead me. I come full circle, finding...

We feel lost and forget who we are. In seasons such as these, we should ask ourselves, is looking to those around me pushing me to be more of who...

We can also be encouraged by reading heaven quotes to remind us of what our forever home will be like when we—as well as our saved loved...

It may have seemed presumptuous to ask God to withhold rain because of a little league baseball game, but we prayed for it anyway. The funny thing...

Forgiveness is the demonstration of God’s grace to us in our fallen and sinful state, a free gift from God through Christ (Rom. 5:15). The death of...

Isn’t it fascinating that the defining mark of your discipleship is not what you say but how you love? Your love of Jesus is not displayed by how...

We defeat the lust of the flesh through faith in the gospel and active obedience to God’s Word. This statement, although true, makes practical...

How often have we sat back and viewed God as an unapproachable, demanding, or distant spiritual being? Throughout Scripture, countless...