** Why do we allow ourselves to live in confusion? http://thelife.com/study/lovebusters.html?section=disrespect_judgments&ft=BSG-OS by Gail Rodgers There are places and times when we feel we need extra wisdom, insight, guidance and strength. We long for understanding in situations that seem confusing. We need revelation when truth is being hidden or skewed.  God provides all these things to [...]

Everything was new to Nancy these days. The people, the tasks, even her location had changed. She hardly recognized her own life! Though she enjoyed the challenge she found herself longing for the old days of predictability. She asked God to give her some understanding of what His plan for her was in these days [...]

Do you struggle with the deep darkness of depression? We want to talk about that with you. “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:9, NIV). I awoke at two in the morning and was instantly aware that a strange feeling of anxiety gripped me. I [...]

Where does your value lie? “…and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, for work in every skilled craft.” Exodus 35:31-33 So [...]

Learn how to be content whether you have plenty, or have little: Read our article “Content With Less” “I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.” Ecclesiastes 3:12 It has been said that “money isn’t the only road to happiness, but it’s way ahead [...]

Out Of Your Comfort Zone

Do you want to grow your own faith? Help others! Lorrie didn’t feel she was equipped to do online mentoring but she decided to get out of her comfort zone. To her surprise she saw people’s lives change and in turn her own faith grew.  Are you ready to step out of our comfort zone? [...]

Equipping the Called

Brad really enjoys talking with people about the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He longs for others to realize how God’s Spirit empowers people for ministry work in God’s kingdom. It has been said that God does not call the equipped, rather He equips the called. Have you ever considered that you are called to [...]

** How have trials equipped you for effective work?? http://talk.thelife.com/2006/10/14/why-does-god-allow-trials?/ Please open your Bible and read: (1 Peter 1:6 – 7) What purpose could God possible have in allowing us to face terrible trials? First, God allows trials to test our faith. He does not test our faith with the expectation that we will fail. [...]

Take today’s next step: If you feel distressed or discontented today mentoring can help.  “All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.” (1 Samuel 22:2) Things were not going well in the nation of Israel. Their escape [...]

Find some golden nuggets in this Philippian study Embrace it. Accept it. Don’t resist it. Change is not only a part of life; change is a necessary part of God’s strategy. To use us to change the world, he alters our assignments. Gideon: from farmer to general; Mary: from peasant girl to the mother of [...]