Parable of the Great Banquet: When Opportunity Calls
When we reach out for and find God, we'll discover that life with him is incredible.
10 Tips to Inspire an Entitled Teenager to Love Others
As parents, we can help our teenagers to love others—no matter how entitled they may be—by inspiring them to follow Jesus's example.
Don’t Get Mad, Grow: Overcoming the Entitlement Mentality
As long as our hearts have the entitlement mentality, personal growth in our relationship with God and with others will cease.
When You Don’t Get What You Want
Not getting what we want may be one of the biggest challenges to our faith. God wants to parent us by giving us what we need.
The Power of the Word
If you don't read the Bible or if you are overtaken by fear and emotion so much that the Word can't penetrate your heart, you will feel exhausted and lack power.
Deep Spirituality Lite, Day 4: Why I Got Up
God exerts and expresses an unwavering perseverance when he sees our good days having gone bad. He doesn’t stop loving us when we fail, sin, or give up.
Deep Spirituality Lite, Day 8: Elijah Gets His Groove Back
This is a lesson for all of us about running and quitting. Before we “give up the ghost,” maybe we should check with God to find out if he has a plan.
Deep Spirituality Lite, Day 7: I Can’t Let Go
The goal for today is to prepare your heart and mind to let go, whoever it is against, whatever was done, and wherever it happened.
Deep Spirituality Lite, Day 6: The Whisper of God
There is one thing to remember about God: when he speaks, more often than not, it is in a whisper.
Deep Spirituality Lite, Day 5: A Conversation with God
When we pray and hear our own emotions, we often identify the raging irrationality of what we are saying, and are surprised by the gentleness of God who listens, then draws even closer to us, because of our emotional honesty.
Deep Spirituality Lite, Day 3: Stop Waking Me Up
We can be sure of is this, no matter how far we run or how much we sleep, God will keep waking us up.
Deep Spirituality Lite, Day 2: Drug-Free Stress Relief
Resist the temptation to let fear induced stress make us quit for relief. Instead, rely on God to get through, realizing fear is an emotion we can conquer especially when it is based on tomorrows that may never come.