Christians sometimes have knowledge of who Jesus is but lack intimacy with him in their everyday lives. This results in Jesus seeming distant and not present in our struggles. The opposite is [...]
Prayer is a crucial part of the Christian life. God uses prayer to bring about change. Prayer forms us and it honors the Father. We need to heed Paul’s command to “pray without ceasing,” but to [...]
Throughout history, prayer has often been misunderstood. Jesus himself critiqued certain methods of prayers during the Sermon on the Mount. The Pharisees prayed to receive honor and acclamation [...]
For much of my time as a believer, I made a conscious effort to pursue after the Lord by myself. This doesn’t mean that I wasn’t attending church or Bible studies, but it does mean that there [...]