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1. How the Beatitudes Can Shape Our Response to the Coronavirus

Derwin Gray, founding and lead pastor of Transformation Church in Indian Land, South Carolina, says the coronavirus pandemic represents a critical moment for Jesus' church. "COVID-19 has exposed a lot ...

Created on 08 July 2020

2. Prophet: 8 Steps of Transition That Can Bring You Redemption

When you find yourself in any kind of transition, especially a prolonged one—like the one we are currently experiencing from the COVID-19 virus—it can seem too hard to bear. You just do not think you will ...

Created on 02 July 2020

3. Greg Laurie: Why God Allows You to Experience Hardship

There are many things that could be said in response to the question of why God allows trials in our lives, but here is one you might not have considered: God allows trials and hardship in your life so ...

Created on 29 June 2020

4. Mark Rutland: How You Can Find Victory in Any Crisis

As a former megachurch pastor and president of two major Christian universities as well as founder of Global Servants, Mark Rutland has dealt with a lot of adversity in his career as a kingdom leader. ...

Created on 24 June 2020

5. Prophecy: Why You Must Endure Some Time in the 'Belly of the Beast'

We are currently going through unprecedented and life-changing times. It's very similar to the birthing process. The earth is groaning and travailing in this season; preparing to give birth to something ...

Created on 10 June 2020

6. The Godly Lessons David Can Teach Us About Handling Trauma

The word "trauma" lit up in my mind as I watched protests and riots in Minneapolis and all over the world in response to the tragic and senseless death of George Floyd. A few weeks ago, I heard this word ...

Created on 01 June 2020

7. How a London Church Continues to Worship Through Tragedy

One day can change everything for a local church. On Feb. 24, 2018, Tom and Sarah Eccleshall drove to Heathrow International Airport to pick up Jeremy Edwardson and Andrew Jackson. Tom was the worship ...

Created on 14 May 2020

8. Why We All Need Trials and Tests in Our Lives

We don't like trials. We don't want them, and we don't enjoy them. What's more, I don't think we should ask for them. But the truth is, sometimes we need them. Peter pointed to this when he wrote, "In ...

Created on 27 March 2020

9. How to Prepare for Your God-Given Season of Transition

Note: This is the second of a two-part article. For part one, click here. Preparing for change is an exercise in trusting God. After hearing God whisper to me about change, I determined to embrace it, ...

Created on 30 January 2020

10. 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

11. Why You Need to Pass This Test in God's School of Life

"Why, God, why?" It's a common question, and one we often ask in the midst of hard times when we feel that we've been forsaken. But the truth is God is always with us, and He never leave us or forsakes ...

Created on 22 August 2019

12. End Times Expert: There Is Zero Biblical Evidence for a Seven-Year Tribulation ...

Dr. Irvin Baxter, a Pentecostal minister and post-tribulation end times scholar, says there is no biblical evidence for a seven-year tribulation or a mid-tribulation rapture. "First of all, there's no su ...

Created on 15 August 2019

13. You Can't Prepare for Armageddon, but Here's What You Can Do

With hurricanes popping up in the Gulf and electrical blackouts in New York, it is a good time to remember that disasters, natural and man-made, are a part of life. With a little planning, you can be ready: ...

Created on 16 July 2019

14. Your Isaiah 61 Encouragement to Persevere Under Trial

Remember the song, "Tall Oaks from Acorns Grow"? It's a cute children's song—one I hadn't thought of in decades ... until I began catching up on long overdue yardwork. For the past two years, circumstances ...

Created on 18 October 2018

15. Pulling Indescribable Blessings out of Your Horrific Trials

...  also boast in tribulation, knowing that tribulation produces patience, patience produces character, and character produces hope." Luxury and ease spoil character. Challenges and heartaches cultivate ch ...

Created on 08 February 2017

16. 2 Surprising Ways a POW Persevered Through Years of Unspeakable Torture

Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale was an officer in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He became a fighter pilot, and in 1965, he was shot down while returning from his second combat tour over North Vietnam. ...

Created on 09 January 2017

17. When You Don't See an End to Your Trials

Have you ever asked God why? "Why me, Lord?" "Why not pick somebody else for this?" "Why am I always the one going through the fire?" In the good times we say, "Lord, I love You." We quote, "Oh, in the ...

Created on 13 November 2016

18. Transforming Vicious Attacks Against You Into Prosperous Growth

"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind." - Lewis Mumford I was recently on the phone with a dear friend. I've always known her and her husband ...

Created on 31 August 2016

19. What to Do When You Hit a Life-Altering Detour

When God gives you a mission, you can be sure you'll run into delays, difficulties, detours, and dead ends along the way. They are a natural part of life. But you can be ready for them. For example, if ...

Created on 15 August 2016

20. Move Your Mountain With These 3 Simple Strategies

We have mountains in our lives that seem impossible to overcome, things that we know we can't possibly accomplish on our own. Such as pay off $150,000 debt, lose 260 pounds, write a book. I've been a participant ...

Created on 10 August 2016