Trials and tribulations are ever-present, an unfortunate price of admission for being born into a sinful and fallen world. But your suffering doesn’t have to define you. It doesn’t have to anchor you to a life of misery and pain. In Romans 12:12, Paul gives the early church a three-step strategy to soar through suffering:…

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16 In honor of Valentine’s Day, on top of showing love and affection to your spouse, here are five things you can pray for your spouse on Valentine’s Day and every upcoming day: 1. Pray that they would find their ultimate fulfillment in God.…

When continual prayer becomes a part of our everyday lives, good things begin to happen. Here are three rewards to look forward to when you pray: 1. Selflessness. When I talk to people who pray on a regular basis, I hear this again and again. They enjoy praying, they look forward to praying because it takes the…

There are lots of different ways to pray, but I want to introduce a method that you probably haven’t heard of before: the football way to pray. Over the past two months (during the height of football season, not surprisingly), this has helped me balance my prayers so that I’m covering all the vital parts…

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