Spiritual Growth

When the resourceful servants in the Parable of the Talents serve their master well, he replies, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Who wouldn’t want to hear this greeting when we meet our Master face-to-face? But having a servant heart doesn’t just happen. How do you get a servant’s heart?

We commonly use the word “blessings” as something we are grateful for.  I even named my blog with the word “blessed” in it!  But are we using this word correctly?  What comes to mind when you hear the word blessing? A favor granted by God?  Your family or friends?  Some material objects? All the above? 

If we are completely honest, we have all felt prideful. It’s not a topic that’s talked about much, but increasing our awareness of prideful ways keeps it from sneaking into our lives. But is pride always a sin? Where does pride come from? What is pride? The Bible has a lot to say about the

We’ve spent the entire month working on building up our spiritual strength and I have one more area I want to encourage you in- Bible Verse Memorization. Please don’t run for the hills! Memorizing Scripture is not a burden to add to your already busy life, but the perfect way to hide His words in

Why do we worry? We know in our hearts that worry solves nothing, but we still let our anxious thoughts kick in as a first response to our problems. There are better ways to cope with the stress in our life, and the Bible gives us concrete steps to do so.

We just celebrated the greatest day on the Christian calendar, Easter Sunday.  God’s plan for the restoration of his people had been accomplished.  Now here we are on Easter Monday brimming with thankfulness and joy that Jesus died to cover our sins. His resurrection sealed our eternal life with him. That changes everything. Now it’s

What does living intentionally for God really mean? If we are intentional about something it means we are deliberate in our action. We do it on purpose. The opposite would be something unplanned or impulsive. The word “intentional” kept popping into my head recently, but I wasn’t sure why, or what to do with the

We all have physical and/or emotional wounds that have become scars.  It’s been said that every scar has a story.  I’m looking forward to heaven when our scars are no more.  Scripture tells us “our citizenship is in heaven, and from it, we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly

Life was piling up on me.  Have you ever been there?  It put me in a funk and I knew I needed an attitude change.  I needed to focus more on God and less on my life’s storms.  I know that when I praise him it reminds me of the greatness of God- his mercy