Intimacy with God grows the way any relationship does — time, honesty, and attention. Practically that means daily time in His Word, unhurried prayer, worship, confession, and obedience: “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you” (James 4:8). Here’s a practical path. We struggle sometimes with the
God’s people run on encouragement — “encourage one another and build one another up” (1 Thessalonians 5:11), “not neglecting to meet together… but encouraging one another” (Hebrews 10:24–25). These Bible verses about encouragement lift the weary and equip you to lift others. Encouragement is something that I think is underestimated
You can know you are saved because salvation rests on God’s promises, not your feelings. Scripture says whoever believes in Jesus has eternal life (1 John 5:13), the Holy Spirit is given as a guarantee (Ephesians 1:13–14), and a changed life confirms genuine faith. Here are three assurances the Bible
Reflect has been a word this year that has stuck out to me more than anything else. I think God has been leading me to reflect on Him more often for many reasons, including the fact that I am always going from one thing to the next. When I live that
Faith without works is dead because genuine faith always produces visible fruit (James 2:17). Works don’t earn salvation — we are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9) — but works are the evidence that saving faith is real. A faith that changes nothing has saved no one. God has
