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Living on mission means being a witness for Jesus and about Jesus in everyday life - from your family at home to your co-workers, or maybe even across the world on a mission trip. No matter where God leads us, Jesus gave us seven reminders about who...
Jesus gave us a very specific mission: to be his witnesses here, near and far, telling everyone God puts in front of us about the gospel, and making disciples. But he didn’t give us the mission and leave us to fend for ourselves. The promise that came...
Part of the Christian life is the process of continually turning away from sin as God transforms us little by little into the image of Jesus Christ. But what does that look like practically? How do we walk with integrity in the midst of a world broken...
Have you ever felt like you were losing faith? Maybe it seems like evil is winning in the world. Maybe you’ve been hurt by someone in the church. Maybe life has been extremely hard and you can’t catch your breath. All of these things can cause us to...
When we encounter the brokenness of our world and people sin against us, it can be easy to get discouraged or even to feel hopeless. It can even feel like those who cheat, steal and lie are getting ahead in life while those who are doing the right...
Have you ever heard from God? We all have moments in our life when we wish we could hear directly from God, but the truth is that God has always been speaking - and speaking loudly - since before time began. Psalm 19 opens our eyes and our minds to...
Everyone worships something. For some it might be success, status, power or comfort. But all of those will ultimately leave us still wanting, never satisfied. Only God is worthy of our worship, because only He can satisfy the desires of our hearts...
Where do we find happiness? It might seem like an easy question at first, but so often our world presents us with pursuits of happiness that are temporary at best and completely destructive at worst. Psalm 1 gives us a better answer. By pursuing a...
Everyone sins. So what do we do when we’re confronted by others or the conviction of the Holy Spirit about our sin? The hope of the gospel is that Jesus saved us from our sin by becoming the sacrifice on our behalf. And the forgiveness he offers is...
What does it mean to ‘bless the Lord’? God certainly doesn’t need our approval, so the encouragement to bless the Lord must go much deeper than that. Psalm 103 shows us that when we take time to remember who God is, His attributes, His faithfulness...
The book of Psalms is an incredible collection of songs and prayers that meet us in our emotions - from joy to sorrow and everything in between - and point us toward the goodness of God. Psalm 13 is a raw and honest cry to the Lord from a place of...
As the book of James comes to a close, we're reminded to bring every season of life to the Lord in prayer, whether we're walking through suffering, celebrating joy or battling sickness. He encourages the church to make prayer our first...
It can be easy to get discouraged when we look at the brokenness of our world. While our culture would encourage us to become cynical or even seek out an escape, God calls us to patience. Patience isn’t something that comes quickly or even naturally...
God cares deeply about how we steward the money he entrusts to us. There's no sin in having wealth, but if we put all our efforts into collecting and keeping our wealth, we can end up cutting corners and devaluing people. James warns against the...
We spend so much time and energy chasing success in this world that it can be easy for our priorities to get out of order. James chapter 4 reminds us that our life here and now is just a tiny fraction of the eternity ahead of us. As we lift our eyes...
James concludes his warnings about our words by warning us not to speak evil against our brothers and sisters in Christ. It can be so easy for us to slip into moments of gossip, or to try and make ourselves look better by putting others down in...
Conflict is inevitable in our broken world, but where does conflict come from? The book of James reveals that conflict isn’t about what happens around us, it’s about what’s happening inside us. When we put our own wants and desires ahead of our...
Living out our faith should allow others to see a difference in our conduct when compared with the rest of the world. The world encourages selfish ambition: do everything you can to get ahead, no matter the cost to others. But Jesus gives us a...
Our words carry more weight than we realize. When we use our words in anger or to criticise or tear others down, we can cause huge amounts of relational damage. Jesus reminds us that our words reflect the nature of our heart, and James compares the...
He is Risen! If that’s not a true statement, 1 Corinthians 15 tells us that our faith is in vain, and we’re to be pitied among all men. But since Christ has risen indeed, his resurrection changes everything. The story of his resurrection reveals the...
Salvation is a free gift of grace through Jesus Christ, not a result of works we do. With that salvation comes a lifelong transformation as Christ works in our lives to make us more like Him. The works he gives us to do are a response to that good...
A genuine faith in Jesus should affect how we live our lives and interact with others. Salvation is a free gift of grace through Jesus Christ and not a result of works, but the transformed life we receive comes with a call to love and serve others as...
Partiality and favoritism show up in many ways in our world, but Jesus calls his followers to the opposite. Our job is to show love, honor and respect to every person God puts in front of us - no matter their status or ability to show us those things...
Some sins the Bible warns against are actually seen as virtues in our world. Our media-saturated culture wants us to believe that showing partiality to rich, famous or influential people will help us get ahead in life. But James 2 asks us to have the...
Faith in Jesus that’s lived out in real life is noticeable. True faith reveals itself in the ways we speak about others, the way we serve others, and even in the types of content we consume. When we surrender our lives to Jesus, he’ll begin to conform...
