“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.” Psalm 100:4   Do you start your prayers by telling God what you want Him to do? The Bible does tell us to bring our needs and desires to the Lord, but there’s[...]

“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.” Colossians 4:2   The Bible repeatedly addresses our attitude when it comes to prayer. Of course, we can be completely honest with God because He already knows what's in our hearts and minds. At the same time,[...]

“Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16   How is your prayer life? If God said, “Yes” to all the prayers you prayed today, what would you have?[...]

“are you not walking like mere men?” 1 Corinthians 3:3   The Bible teaches that every believer can live a supernatural life. Yet, we often go about our day like ordinary human beings. In other words, we try to live out our faith by what we can see, feel, and rationalize[...]

“Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life” Proverbs 4:23   Notice, the Bible doesn’t say to follow your heart but to watch over it. That’s because the heart is critical to everything we do. It contains our emotions, affections, motives, and attitudes.[...]

“If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you” Matthew 5:29   How do you deal with sinful habits? You’ve probably never gone so far as to remove the offending body part! We struggle with this passage because we don’t fully comprehend the seriousness[...]

“work out your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you” Philippians 2:12-13   This passage is often misunderstood to mean we must work for our salvation. It’s also misused to make people afraid they can lose their salvation. If neither of these[...]

“true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.” John 4:23   What does God want? It’s a timeless question. Jesus told the woman at the well that the Father seeks a specific type of person…a true worshipper. We[...]

“Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.” Colossians 4:6   There ought to be something different about the way Christians talk. And that doesn’t just mean not using foul language or telling crude[...]