Why Elisabeth Elliot Changed Her Beliefs about Finding God’s Will June 28, 2023 by: Lucy S. R. Austen Seeking God’s Will Of the many books Elisabeth Elliot wrote, her best-known is surely her first, Through Gates of Splendor. The 1957 multibiography is first and foremost a narrative of how five families came together to plan…
Philippians 4:6 Worry Identify the source of your worries. Did you grow up in a fear-filled family, always feeling insecure, never measuring up, and never hearing words of affirmation and approval? Are you listening to the prophets of doom, hearing only about what’s wrong, and how much worse it’s going to get? What’s the source…
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. . . for I am fearfully and wonderfully made—Psalm 139:14 Our physical frames matter. People see God in and through them. We have spiritual natures, yes, but our physical frames give our spiritual selves home. They also give home to God the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). From an eternal perspective, they’re temporary. But…
PRAYER THAT OBTAINS \”Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.\” — Luk 11:9. THERE ARE many conditions of true prayer. For instance, it must be earnest. There are times when we know we are on the line of God\’s purposes, when we…
What Did Jesus Teach about Giving Generously? August 07, 2023 by: John Piper This article is part of the What Did Jesus Teach? series. Sacrifice Is the Measure of a Gift’s Size The more sacrificially generous you are on earth, the greater will be your enjoyment of heaven. Therefore, since Jesus loves us and summons…