Life does have meaning, but it needs to be lived in the right way. You can find value in everything you do, but you have to start by getting the big rocks, the greatest priorities, in the right order.
Get the big things right! And if you get them right, the rest of your life will fall into place.
The difference between a life-giving discipline and a death-giving discipline is perspective.
The difference between a life-giving discipline and a death-giving discipline is perspective.
True celebration is an outward expression of our inner confidence that despite life’s hardships, God is good, and there is reason to have joy.
The older we get, the more independent we become. This is both good and bad. It’s good when it comes to 99.7% of the basic choices, but it’s bad when it comes to the big decisions. The larger the decision, the more outside wisdom is needed.
Worship is a whole-person response to who God is and what he has done, realized both individually and corporately by his grace and according to his standards.
Because Christ served us out of a genuine heart of love, we are to serve others with the same type of genuineness. We serve not to receive but to glorify God through our service and seek the other person's highest good.
When we act like confessing a common sin to someone is beyond embarrassing, we often betray an inherent belief in our own goodness.
Because Christ served us out of a genuine heart of love, we are to serve others with the same type of genuineness. We serve not to receive but to glorify God through our service and seek the other person's highest good.
Submission doesn’t mean we become a doormat for others, but it does confront our most basic selfish tendencies.
Solitude is a jolt to our souls. It helps us break through the distractions of life and brings us face-to-face with who we are and how God sees us.
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Minimalism is a needed pushback on materialism. However, minimalism in and of itself isn’t life-giving. Christian simplicity is what is needed.
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The real purpose of studying isn’t to make you smarter. It’s to enrich your understanding of reality so that you can love God and others at the highest level possible.
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Fasting weakens the flesh, strengthening our spirits to resist temptation and see reality as God sees it.
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God doesn’t just call you to prayer; He wants to meet you in prayer.
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Sunday Christians often avoid meditation because they fear it makes them too vulnerable, bringing them face-to-face with their deepest thoughts. Monday Christians run toward meditation, for it’s in this discipline that they experience a higher enjoyment of God and see life as it really is.
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Spiritual disciplines slow us down so that we can walk at the speed of God. They require hard work on the front end but produce a higher level of enjoyment in God in the long run. While they might seem like an added burden, they’re actually a wonderful blessing.
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While many Christians equate obedience to God with love for him, the totality of Scripture reveals that what God really wants from us is our hearts.
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When we only seek God’s hand, we grow self-centered and materialistic and lose sight of the character-forming process God is working in our lives. We reveal that what we really want from God is not more of him but more of what he can do.
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Don’t buy into the myth that you can’t change. You can. And the beautiful news is that God’s work in you is ongoing.
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When we’re highly judgy of others, we betray the fact that we do not grasp the depth of God’s love for us.
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Love isn’t one thing. It’s an all-encompassing mindset that seeks to see life from the vantage point of others and desire their best interests.
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While many Christians equate obedience to God with love for him, the totality of Scripture reveals that what God really wants from us is our hearts.