Spiritual Life Archives

Satan can’t force us to sin. So he tries the next best thing – to get us to doubt God’s word and character.

Upon the news of yet another senseless tragedy, I sometimes lose heart. I even admit to struggling with ill-will feelings towards God. God, why...

Maybe you’ve wanted to change and you’ve tried to change. You’ve asked God to change you but it still seems like you’re the exact same person. Can...

Is God in the process of raising up one leader to take Billy Graham's place?

We all are looking for signs, aren't we? I often want a sign that I'm on the right track. That I'm doing the right thing. That I'm making the best...

Spiritual children who remain children for too long become hardened to spiritual things. If we don’t move deliberately forward in our spiritual...

We seek joy then lose it because we search for it in places that offer little in comparison to that which is found in His presence. So how can we...

God spares us much temptation we’ll never even know about. But when we are tempted, God doesn’t automatically remove it; we must actively fight it

In the eyes of the average citizen, Christians were an odd bunch. And what made them odd was not just what they believed. It was how (and who)...

I do know of many people with or without religions who claim they’re absolutely happy and successful. Christians are not seeking happiness in...

Every believer is to judge him or herself according to the Word of God. But many of us don’t know enough of the Word to correctly judge ourselves...

We can't control everything, but we can address certain factors that act like poison in our lives and take away the joy that God wants us to...

“Why would God do this?” his grandmother asked me as we stood in front of her grandson’s casket. Was there an answer that would calm her troubled...

One of my favorite reasons for simplifying my life is that I might live to the good pleasure of God.

Weariness is a hard thing, not a bad thing.