Practical Applications

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  How to Be a Faithful Witness to Your Family Who Won’t Go to Church Since you love your family, it’s only natural for you to want to share spiritual truths and blessings with them. But if they’re unreceptive, it can make you feel rejected and alone, even in a room filled... May Patterson Mar 12, 2020
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  How to Be “Quick to Listen” with Your Family When I learn to quiet distractions and listen to God’s instruction, I will in turn become the listener my family needs. Here are a few ways we can learn to be “quick to listen” with our family. Kristine Brown Mar 11, 2020
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  10 Lessons on Church Leadership, Learned the Hard Way This is not the final list. I’m still (and always will be) learning.Most of what follows about leading God’s church is counterintuitive. Or, maybe better said: not what you might be expecting. But these 10... Joe McKeever Mar 10, 2020
• 9 Ways to Fight for Purity in Your Marriage Christians often assume that if they aren’t having sex with anyone other than their spouse, then they are considered to be sexually pure.The reality is, being sexually pure involves more than intercourse; it... Beth Ann Baus Mar 09, 2020
• 5 Simple Ways to Take Your Anxious Thoughts Captive Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. – James 4:7 This verse gives us an elementary blueprint for living a life of peace. Simple yes, yet so far from easy.... Kyle Blevins Mar 06, 2020
• 3 Powerful Prayers for Coronavirus - For Those Sick and Those Worried The threats of this world are real, but we do not stand against such threats alone. Our Heavenly Father stands with us, and in Him, we can find all we need to face such times. Cally Logan Mar 05, 2020
• Why Sleep for Your Family Is a Spiritual Activity Sleep is needed not just for physical reasons, but for spiritual as well. Here is more encouragement to make it a priority for your family.  Ashlyn Jackson Mar 04, 2020
• 3 Ways to Keep Your Love Alive through the Years Here are three ingredients to keep loving one another through the years even when our spouse has changed and the feelings don’t show up. Cindi McMenamin Mar 03, 2020
• Understanding the Biblical Concept of 'Love Your Enemies' Loving our enemies is a foreign concept. Love and enemies are words that seem mutually exclusive. Putting the two together raises questions. When the Bible tells us to love our enemies what does that mean?... Danielle Bernock Mar 02, 2020
• What Do I Say When a Friend Comes Out as Gay? Many who have come out to family members in the past have been abandoned, shunned, or experienced strained relationships that they fear will never mend. As Christians, we need to prevent these types of... Hope Bolinger Feb 28, 2020
• 7 Ideas for Finding Your New Normal in Parenting Early parenthood is lived as a blur.  The details swirl together, nights run into the daytime, sleep is in short supply, and the survival of all involved takes what feels like a massive... Amanda Idleman Feb 27, 2020
• 6 Practical Ways to Be a Friend like Jesus Much of friendship involves walking alongside each other as we experience the effects of sin and disappointment in the world. This task, though overwhelming at times, has the potential to paint a beautiful... Julie Davis Feb 26, 2020