Embrace Your Identity in Christ
By Jon Walker “He has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts.” (2 Corinthians 1:22a NLT) Your faith will grow stronger as you focus on your identity in Christ (Galatians 2)....
Monthly Archive: September 2012
The Same Spirit at Work
By Jon Walker “For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:18 NIV) A time long ago and in a land far away, I found myself frustrated one day with a...
Let Us Keep in Step with the Spirit
By Jon Walker “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25 NIV) When we ignore the Holy Spirit, there’s little difference between the way we live our lives and...
God Equips You to Tell Others About Jesus
By Jon Walker “May the God of peace . . . equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be...
Our Witness to Non-believers Starts With Friendship
By Jon Walker “On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick…. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’” Matthew 9:12–13 (NIV) Jesus knew who...
Jasmine and the Skunk
Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. (Psalms 51:7 NLT) Jasmine is my beautiful and tenderhearted cockapoo. She knows it is wrong to go near...
An A-to-Z Guide to a Purpose Driven Life
By Tobin Perry You Were Planned for God’s Pleasure Ask God to help you find purpose. You’ll never find purpose until you’ve made the most important decision imaginable: make God the CEO of your life. Breath Prayers....
God Teaches Through You
By Jon Walker “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your...
3 Questions Every Teacher Should Ask When Studying
By Trevin Wax There has been a lot of talk in recent years about making the Gospel announcement of Jesus Christ front and center in our preaching and teaching. As our society becomes increasingly post-Christian, it is...
Our Witness from Within
By Jon Walker “The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’...