20 Bible Verses about Prayer
Tomorrow is the National Day of Prayer in the U.S. and all week here at Faithgateway we are featuring articles by popular Christian authors and verses about prayer to provide you with encouragement to...
View ArticleWrestle with God
All of us at one time or another come face-to-face with our past. And it’s always an awkward encounter. When our sins catch up with us we can do one of two things: run or wrestle.Many choose to run....
View ArticleResurrection Year: Broken Dreams & New Beginnings
Expectation. Expectation. Expectation. Disappointment. After ten years of tear-soaked prayers, repeatedly dashed hopes, and multiple failed rounds of IVF, Sheridan Voysey and his wife come to a...
View ArticleUnscrooged Hearts
Some people resist the change. The ungrateful servant did. In the story Jesus told, the servant owed more money to the king than he could ever repay. Try as he might, the man couldn’t make the...
View ArticleGod’s Not Dead
What divides us is not science, we are both committed to science, but our worldviews. No one wants to base their life on a delusion, but which is a delusion? Christianity or atheism? — John LennoxWhen...
View ArticleCultivating the Value of Gratitude
One time we were raising money for a new playground for the kids at our church. You may have seen these colorful wonderlands in parks where you live. They’ve got slides, swings, climbing walls, curved...
View ArticleYearning for Fluency in Prayer
Even when prayer seems a duty, like a homework assignment, we sustain the hope that it could grow into something more. A hidden treasure lies inside, if only we can quarry it. A new country awaits us,...
View ArticleWearing His Regal Robe
For years I owned an elegant suit complete with coat, trousers, even a hat. I considered myself quite dapper in the outfit and was confident others agreed.The pants were cut from the cloth of my good...
View ArticleWhat is the Mercy Prayer?
What if the mercy prayer, “Lord, have mercy,” was not only the most prayed prayer in the Bible but in your life as well? Many Christians through the ages believed that this should be the case.We have...
View ArticleGod’s Sheepdogs: Goodness and Mercy
Our moods may shift, but God’s doesn’t. Our minds may change, but God’s doesn’t. Our devotion may falter, but God’s never does. Even if we are faithless, he is faithful, for he cannot betray himself (2...
View ArticleDirty God: Jesus with the Lepers
The Bible teaches us that God “demonstrates his own love for us” (Rom. 5:8) in how he came to us in Jesus. He didn’t expect us to climb up to him. He climbed down to us. He got his hands dirty so that...
View ArticleWhere is Heaven?
One of the Bible’s greatest truths is that we were not meant for this world alone. We were meant for Heaven—and Heaven is our ultimate home. But what exactly is Heaven? Where is heaven? What is it...
View ArticleHow to Find a Church: 7 Things to Look for
So, you’re in a new city or a new town and you need to find a church, but how do you do that? If you grew up in church, picking one was pretty easy; you just went wherever your parents went. Even if...
View ArticleBible Verses about Strength: 12 Scripture Quotes
Say the word strength, and immediately one thinks of diet plans, workout routines, and trips to the gym. The word reminds us of the workout clothes we bought last year, with good intentions, but never...
View ArticleGod is Greater than Your Guilty Conscience
God Says, “Repent of Your Sin, and I Will Forgive You.”David began Psalm 32 with the words: “How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. How blessed is the man to whom the...
View ArticleYour One True Friend
Jonathan gives David a promise, a wardrobe, and protection. “There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother” (Proverbs 18:24). David found such a friend in the son of Saul.Oh, to have a friend like...
View ArticleThe Prison of Want
Come with me to the most populated prison in the world. The facility has more inmates than bunks. More prisoners than plates. More residents than resources.Come with me to the world’s most oppressive...
View ArticleBecome a Hopelifter with the Holy Spirit
With only forty days remaining until my deadline for Hopelifter, I knew the task was humanly impossible to achieve. Life happenings and my overzealous expectations had once again blocked my hope.“God,...
View ArticleGet Some Sleep
So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own – Matthew 6:34Easy to say. Not always easy to do, right? We are so prone to worry. Just...
View ArticleWhat is the Mercy Prayer?
What if the mercy prayer, “Lord, have mercy,” was not only the most prayed prayer in the Bible but in your life as well? Many Christians through the ages believed that this should be the case.We have...
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