Be Patient with Your Slow Spiritual Growth
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I recently talked with my mentor about how frustratingly slow my sanctification can be. Even when I know in my head that something is true, it doesn’t always shape my heart or steer my hands.
Why I Believe In the "Prosperity Gospel"
My early life of faith featured sermons on how to “believe to receive” or “name it to claim it”, and how God would give you everything you wanted.
Does God Care About What I Want?
I was trying to stomach a failure—yet another rejection in my writing career—and as I sat with my husband, I shared how God’s key message to me seemed to be this idea of making “no graven image” (Exodus 20:4). Meaning, I had to be careful to not remake God as “the God of my desires”.
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Recently, I had to re-learn what it means for God to be in control of my life. It all began with what happened this summer.
When a Great, Comforting Verse . . . Actually Meant Something Else
Oft-quoted Bible verses that are personally inspirational, comforting, encouraging to us. But do they actually mean what they seem to say?
4 Ways I Keep My Worries at Bay
We all have our worries about the future, and what we hear on the news certainly does not help! Earthquakes, floods, wars, government corruption, increase in crime and rising costs of living are just some of the alarming headlines we come across.
Thankfully, none of this is news to God.
3 Heart Issues to Surrender to God
Are you struggling with any of these heart issues? Are they hampering your relationship with God?
I Was a “Good Christian Girl”, But I Felt Like a Fake
Growing up as a second-generation Christian, I was the epitome of a Good Christian Girl (GCG).
I mastered the GCG ritual at a tender age of eight, practising it religiously until it became routine. Read the Bible, pray every day, attend church every Sunday, ace the weekly memory verse—check, check, check.
Why I Need People Who Aren’t My Fans
One of the things I (mostly) love and occasionally find annoying about my husband: He is a relentless truth-teller.
At times he thinks I want to be reminded of scriptural principles (Which I do, I do! But not when I am sinning!).