My wife was watching HGTV the other night (which is guy code for “Yes, I watched it with her”). Through a few episodes of House Hunters, a show where a person or a couple tours 3 prospective homes with a realtor, I couldn’t help noticing the abuse of the word
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
