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1. Is Your Pain Actually a Gift From God?

To call pain a gift seems like an oxymoron, I know. But without pain, we would repeatedly reinjure ourselves in the same ways. Without pain we would simply maintain the status quo. Without pain we would ...

Created on 24 February 2020

2. How to Break the Chains of Shame When You Feel Stuck

Speaker Abi Stumvoll taught students at Bethel Church's WorshipU school how shame has a way of making you believe something is "inherently wrong" with you. It makes you feel stuck, as if you can never ...

Created on 16 December 2019

3. What Exactly Are Our Heavenly Rewards Anyway?

Isn't it amazing that those who have surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior will not only go to heaven, but will be rewarded for things that they've done for Christ (subject to conditions ...

Created on 13 December 2019

4. How God Wove Redemption Into Scripture From Creation to Christmas and Beyond ...

...  of sin and death. Like a scarlet ribbon ever unraveling from the Creator's hand, Adam and Eve took the promise of redemption with them into the barren wilderness of exile. In desperate hope, Adam and E ...

Created on 11 December 2019

5. Obliterate the Enemy's Lies About Your Past With This Spirit-Led Tactic

God is the chief of change. He is always doing a new thing—always working in our lives. However, His promises for us don't just automatically happen. All things are possible with God, but not all things ...

Created on 17 October 2019

6. How the Church Must Respond to the New Witchcraft

Ally Tower sat still in the church pew, unsure why she was weeping. She was happy with her life in Wicca. She loved the witches in her coven like family. And with her past full of pain and rejection, she ...

Created on 24 September 2019

7. 20-Year-Old Paralyzed in Diving Accident Now Glorifies God With Comics

In 2004 and at the age of 20, I broke my neck diving into a shallow swimming pool in Costa Rica. Our surf trip ended early that year. Mom had begged me not to go (a mother's intuition). She had dreamed ...

Created on 09 September 2019

8. 'Auntie Anne's Pretzels' Founder Shares Her Story of Redemption ...

... s story from our content partners at Movieguide.®. For more stories of redemption after abuse, listen to the podcasts included with this article.  ...

Created on 12 August 2019

9. How Each of the Fivefold Ministry Gifts Reflects an Attribute of Jesus

... I wrote about the five aspects of Christ's work that are essential for the fullness of redemption: The incarnation. The sinless life. The innocent death. The resurrection. The ascension. I find it interestin ...

Created on 01 August 2019

10. What the 5 Aspects of Christ's Redemption Mean for You ...

The work of Christ included five aspects that each accomplished an essential piece of the fullness of redemption. The Incarnation. In the incarnation, God took on flesh and, being fully God, became fully ...

Created on 30 July 2019

11. CNN's Van Jones Hopes 'Redemption Project' Will Spread Grace, Forgiveness ...

Van Jones is on a not-so-secret mission. On the verge of his highly-anticipated docuseries The Redemption Project, the CNN personality and social justice activist admits that behind the dramatic stories ...

Created on 12 April 2019

12. Has Satan Hacked Into Your Spiritual Bank Account? Part 1

... m the clutches of the enemy. How can the enemy steal this redemption from people? By causing them not to believe and receive this plan of redemption that He so richly gave to us. For God so loved the  ...

Created on 12 June 2018

13. WATCH: AG Pastor Illustrates the Redemptive Power of Being Continually Spirit-Filled

Pastor Choco De Jesus gave a powerful illustration of the Holy Spirit's power during a sermon earlier this year. He brought up various liquids on-stage to mix together to represent the contents of a person's ...

Created on 08 June 2018

14. Redeemed From the Enemy's Hand—Your Key to Vibrant Victory

... tive hand upon us. And what does He say about our redemption from our enemy? "When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afr ...

Created on 04 April 2018

15. Married Man Ran Off With Prophetess From Church—But Then God Saved His Marriage

Lorne Matthews left his wife, Jimmie Ruth, for another woman, a prophetess he met at church. But through extraordinary circumstances, God reunited the couple together. They recount their incredible story ...

Created on 15 January 2018

16. Redeeming Our Culture, One Prayer at a Time

I think most have heard the adage, "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." A similar quote found in Scripture is, "He who is not  with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather ...

Created on 18 October 2017

17. A Common Way the Devil Distorts Biblical Repentance

Repentance is the life-giving rhythm of the Christian life. It restores hope, fuels joy, tells our fears to lie in "quietness and in confidence" (Isa. 30:15). This is the way it should be. But there was ...

Created on 28 April 2017

18. This Jaw-Dropping Truth Sends New Year's Dread Fleeing

As I'm standing on the precipice of a new year, I sometimes feel anxious. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm typically filled with great hope. Yet as the calendar turns, I'm reminded that I haven't accomplished ...

Created on 06 January 2017

19. Putting Practical Feet to Your End-of-Winter Dreams

I love the winding down of another year. Spring is the time when you think of for new beginnings and fresh starts, but for me, winter is the time for dreams. Winter is the time to curl up with a comfy ...

Created on 30 December 2016

20. Clutch This Brilliant Hope to Rise Above Your Agonizing Wait

It's easy to believe God when a promise is new. It's hard when the years pass and nothing changes. It's even harder when desperation strikes, your plans backfire, and still God does not fill the emptiness. ...

Created on 27 December 2016