James

James 4:3 talks about misguided prayer. It says, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” So, if you’re single and struggling with sexual self-control, is it wrong to pray for God give you a husband or wife?

As I share our plans, I’ve found two words to be incredibly helpful: “Lord willing.” Here are three reasons I think you should add them to your vocabulary, too.

It should help in our pursuit of a thankful heart to understand why gratitude is such a powerful corrective to anxiety.

The everyday goodness of God does not waiver from that Good Friday when he set before Christ the cup of wrath that should have been mine.

Joy is peaceful confidence in knowing God’s good and perfect will is being carried out as the result of your trials.

We do have the bedrock assurance that Christ will come back for what is his, in the time being we have to contend with life in this world and the troubles we’ve been told to expect.

The motives of an eating disorder are as diverse as the individuals who engage in the behaviors, but there are several common ones we can identify.

Churches for “good people” who have their lives together don’t know how to address sin, so it has to stay hidden.

The gospel is unnatural, contrary to our normal ways of speaking.