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  • The Turnaround 1

    The Turnaround

    Repentance isn’t perfection. It’s being willing to change.

  • How to Build (and Keep) a Close Relationship with God  2

    How to Build (and Keep) a Close Relationship with God 

    Learn to walk with God, experience his presence in your life, and avoid drifting away from him.

  • The Parable of the Good Samaritan: Heart, Not Habit 3

    The Parable of the Good Samaritan: Heart, Not Habit

    When we love God with all of our hearts, we will have the capacity to love people wholeheartedly and live out the exciting destiny God has for each of us.

  • The Rich Young Ruler: How to Stop Seeing Rules and Start Seeing Relationship 4

    The Rich Young Ruler: How to Stop Seeing Rules and Start Seeing Relationship

    Jesus loved the rich young ruler enough to offer him a way out of rule-following by asking him to make a decision to be close to him.

  • The Forgiven Woman and the Parable of the Forgiven Debt: How God’s Love Becomes Personal 5

    The Forgiven Woman and the Parable of the Forgiven Debt: How God’s Love Becomes Personal

    In this devotional, we’ll learn to focus on connection instead of criticism, being grateful instead of being good, and letting God teach us to love.

  • Does My Church Inspire the Non-Religious? 6

    Does My Church Inspire the Non-Religious?

    How can those of us who identify as Christians make church more accessible to those who believe in God?

  • Perfect Christian

    Stop Trying to Be a Perfect Christian (Do This Instead)

    What we’ve experienced is that living by religious rules is a very tempting way to avoid facing the insecurities in our hearts.

  • When Church is Boring

    When Church is Boring: Why We Lose Interest in Spirituality

    6 signs you've lost your passion for God, and 5 ways to reignite it.

  • 10 Tips to Inspire an Entitled Teenager to Love Others 7

    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.

  • Parenting Is Hard. It’s Harder When It’s All About You 8

    Parenting Is Hard. It’s Harder When It’s All About You

    Selfishness can make parenting more difficult, while love makes life easier for ourselves and our children.

  • 4 Signs That Rules have Replaced God In Your Life 9

    4 Signs That Rules have Replaced God In Your Life

    We can settle for rigidity or fight for a righteous heart connection.

  • discover God's presence

    Discovering God’s Presence

    The condition of your faith and heart will determine whether you enter the presence of God or the realm of religiosity.