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Hope: Anchoring Your Heart to a Sure and Certain Future
Despair says circumstances tell us what is true about God. Hope says God tells us what is true about circumstances. Life is filled with deep disappointment, unbearable loss, excruciating pain….
Self-Discipline Develops a “Long-distance” Faith
One of the New Testament metaphors used to describe the Christian life is running a race. “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only…
Listening to God in Prayer
When we think about prayer, listening isn’t generally the first thing that comes to mind. But prayer is communion with God—and that requires that we listen to what’s on God’s…
Max Lucado: For the Dance
Let’s imagine that you want to learn to dance. Being the rational, cerebral person you are, you go to the bookstore and buy a book on dancing. After all, a…
Praying Over God’s Promises
The Lost Art of Taking Him at His Word “The habit of regularly reminding the Lord of His promises to us in prayer will bring vitality to our prayer lives…
Learning to Treat People Like People
We don’t treat people like people very often. Instead, we often treat others as objects. We’re only interested in them for what they can do for us. And sometimes we…
How to Make Prayer an Adventure Rather Than a Burden
It’s been estimated that a typical Christian layman spends about three-and-a-half minutes each day in prayer. Full-time Christian workers average about seven minutes per day. Why do we fail to…
Intentional Disciplemaking Churches
Special Story from NYC Have a heart for New York City? Give to the NYC fund today at navgift.org/nyc “To really impact the culture and the focus of the Church,…
The Root of a Rich Relationship with God
The Root of a Rich Relationship with God, By: Walter A. Henrichsen Jealousy to Joy John began his first epistle by reflecting on the fact that he had actually…
Prayer: Part of a Disciple’s Spiritual DNA
Just how important is prayer to the life of a disciple of Jesus? Is it a part of your spiritual DNA? As followers of Jesus, we talk a lot about…
Advancing The Good News of God’s Kingdom
As Jesus walked the dusty paths of first century Palestine, his purpose was clear. His words and life were a portrayal of good news—the Gospel. Mark, the Gospel writer, put…