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Jesus taught that we should pray by going into our inner room, closing the door, and praying to the unseen Father. The Father then, who sees what is done in secret will reward us. Jesus also taught that our giving should be done such that left hand does not know what our right hand is……

Do you Have Enough Dead Space? – Secrecy by Janis Cox In the last of a series on Dead Space Janis looks at secrecy as a spiritual discipline.…

A man wondered into the church. He was hungry. He was given a sack lunch. The man was also deaf, but could read. He understood two people in the church wanted to pray for his hearing, and he le……

Welcome to Real Life . “I want it now!” screams wealthy and spoiled Veruca Salt to her father in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ….…

May we humbly tell our giving stories and those of others—not to glorify ourselves, but to glorify our Father in Heaven.…

Last week we examined an incident wherein the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Before we look at what Jesus said in response to the request, let us note a number of things he did not say. Jesus did not mandate that prayer be done with the closed eyes and folded hands so……

By Elizabeth Prata People advocate for the false teacher and denounce the person that is calling the false teacher to task. I see this more and more often. What sparked this observation is another ……

I’m not very good at waiting. Especially when I am in not in control of the wait. One of life’s necessities, waiting will sometimes take us down a hard road that affects us emotionally.……

This post was originally published in July 2014.–ed. Just let go and let God. If you’ve been around the church for any significant time, you’ve probably heard someone offer that passive maxim as spiritual advice. In fact, many believers might use that as shorthand to describe the process of sanctification. It’s the idea that God …

If the king says so, you have a place in his family. Open Matthew 12:46-50. Joseph was absent from Jesus’ adult life, so responsibility for the family fell to the oldest son. Jesus was firstborn, but he’d been travelling instead of looking after his family. Suddenly they turn up: Matthew...…