You will learn how to find spiritual guidance in this post. Finding and staying under the right spiritual leaders or teachers play a very important role in your spiritual development. You are not to toy with this. How to find spiritual guidance: Who is your teacher? Who is your leader? Who is your teacher? […]
News broke yesterday that Steve Lawson has been removed from his church over an inappropriate relationship with a woman.
By Elizabeth Prata It is publicly announced today on Trinity Bible Church of Dallas’ website that Steven Lawson confessed to his elders of an inappropriate relationship that he has had with a…
In this leadership devotional, discover how we, as leaders, can continue to love during our own trials and challenges.
There was a second Donald Trump shooting. The inflammatory political rhetoric needs to be toned down and America needs to turn back to God!
J.W. Phillips
The magnificence of marriage, as set forth in the last verses of Ephesians 5, is portrayed with inspired insights into the husband’s role. No Hallmark card comes anywhere close!We learn in these verses that the husband is to be a leader, a lover, a giver, a savior, a sanctifier, and...
Revive Our Hearts
No matter what changes you face today, there’s a Savior who is worthy of your service.
By Elizabeth Prata Beth Moore is a self-identifying Bible teacher, who writes and publishes material based on the Bible. She also is President of her corporation Living Proof Ministries, in which M…
Wanda Alger
“God’s people are afraid to confront it. They are afraid they will be made a fool of in front of everybody. But here is the key. Shepherds are the key to this election. The shepherds.”
J.W. Phillips
Have you ever visited a church where not one person greeted you? If so, you can easily remember the scene as you entered the church that day.Anticipating a greeting from either an official looking usher or an especially friendly church member, you stood and waited, looking first one way and...
Wanda Alger
This is a call to the Body of Christ: “All hands on deck!” Through this powerful prophetic dream, the Holy Spirit is showing us what is truly important in this upcoming election. It's not about a man - or a woman - or any political party - it's about the children...
Pastoring is hard work. It is mentally and emotionally exhausting, carrying with it a stress level I have experienced in no other vocation.
My Boys Are Good Boys The mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, respectfully approached Jesus. She had what she thought was a small request. “In your kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one on the right and the other on the left” (Matt. 20:21 NLT). Many have noted that only a Jewish mother could make such a request. She wasn’t asking much; only one could be the assistant savior, and the other could be the associate Lord. Jesus must have thought that he had heard it all now.
Join Dr. Mark McDowell as he explores this prayer from 1 King 3, which teaches us a wonderful model of how to pray confession, thanksgiving, and petitions.
What sort of leader is God? How does God’s leadership define the way we lead?
J.W. Phillips
There is a scandal in church leadership! Not the scandal you read about in the newspapers where some pastor was just forced to resign. This scandal is ongoing and widespread. And to date, there has been no repentance and no reporting.Let me tell you what’s going on.The Word of God...
J.W. Phillips
It seems that when some people hear that salvation is gained by faith and not works, they say, “Thank you, Lord” and refuse to do any.Had they read the next verse, though, these people would have seen the immense importance good works do have. “For we are His workmanship”—literally, His...
Revive Our Hearts
Don’t fall into the seductive trap of Satan’s lies about leadership.
J.W. Phillips
I'm sure you know what a wiffle ball is: a little, light plastic ball, full of holes, empty inside, enjoyed by the young, that won’t go very far.In every respect, there are discipleship efforts in our churches very much like this. Let’s consider how this might be so.First, there is—A...
Aquila and Priscilla are mentioned 6 times in Scripture (Acts 18:2, 18, 26; Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; and 2 Timothy 4:19).