Tag Archive for: relationship with God

Why Won’t God Give Me What I Want?
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I want that marriage.
I want that vacation.
I want that . . . Fill in your want.
I wanted the full-time job.
But the more I prayed about it, the more I knew that it wasn’t going to happen just quite yet.

To the Girl Without A Boyfriend
To my 25-year-old self,
It’s now been three years since you questioned why God wouldn’t give you a boyfriend.
Believe it or not, I’m now the girl you envy: the one with the boyfriend.

The Biggest Threat to Your Spiritual Growth is You
I have found the biggest threat to my spiritual growth to be me, trying to work out the challenges I face by my own flesh. I have wasted much time trying to find answers on websites instead of God’s Word.

What Happens When We Forget to Pray
The day of the interview arrived, but I woke up late and forgot to pray. The thought occurred to me . . . God may not bless my interview because I forgot to spend time with Him in the morning.

Lust in Dating: The Secret Sin We Don’t Talk About
My husband and I have been married for more than half a year now. Before that, we were in a courtship for just over two years.

7 Things You Should Be Praying About (But Probably Aren’t)
So what have you been praying about lately? The prayers in the Bible reflect a wide diversity of topics. Here is a list of things we don't often think to pray for, but maybe we should!

Lies That Keep Us From the Word
After graduating from university, I considered the popular advice not to set any New Year resolutions—lest I disappoint myself. However, in that same season, I thought to myself: On the first of January with each passing year, shouldn’t I notice some spiritual growth in myself as a person?

Reading the Bible Did Not Make Me A Better Christian
One morning, our helper overheard and misunderstood a conversation I had with my husband. As a result, she was cold to me the entire morning, upset with what I had shared with my husband. She thought that I was complaining about her behind her back.

3 Tips to Revitalize Your Devotional Time
If we want to survive spiritually, we need to consume the Word of God—the Bible. But how does one read the same book repeatedly without getting bored?
