by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, Faith
One Sunday morning as Michael and I were driving to church, I commented that just in the first mile, I had counted three self-storage businesses. I laughed and said that we had paid our fair share to store things, until we eventually sold what we could and then gave...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, Obedience
The sovereign, infinite and eternal God has purposes that are often beyond our understanding, for His thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). His commands and instructions are not without purpose, for His will is to spare us from unwanted consequences, as...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, God's Love, Repentance
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours.Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head above all. (I Chronicles 29:11) I was reading Psalm 147 when...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living
My mother always stressed the importance of setting goals, aiming high for desired results, and then striving to achieve them. As I was praying and asking God to help me set goals to think on those things that are pure and righteous; speak what edifies; do those...
by Chad Roberts | Christian Living, Self-Righteousness
Most of us could tell stories of meeting someone who is self-righteous. Who could calculate the damage caused to the reputation of Christ and His Church due to the arrogance of self-righteous people who claim to be Christians? But before we point our fingers as those...
by Joy Bollinger | Christian Living, Faith
How many of us made a New Year’s Resolution for 2019? Maybe it was to lose weight, start an exercise program, eat healthy foods, be a better spouse, a better parent, etc. Aside from those noble resolutions, how many of us resolved to seek God more this year and...