The Goal of Life Is Personal Happiness

The Goal of Life Is Personal Happiness

The Goal of Life Is Personal Happiness I just don’t believe God wants me to be so unhappy. I’ll never forget those words. I had just asked a young man—a professing believer—why he thought it was acceptable for him to leave his wife for another woman. And his response...
Three (Literal) Directions to Find Patience

Three (Literal) Directions to Find Patience

Three (Literal) Directions to Find Patience I am incredibly good at being not good at patience. And my lack of patience causes problems. Sometimes, if my wife is telling me about something and I think she’s taking too long, I reflexively twirl my finger, as if to say,...
How are we to truly seek God from the heart?

How are we to truly seek God from the heart?

How are we to truly seek God from the heart? Colossians 3:1-2: “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” Galatians 5:16-17:...
The Mindset of Christ

The Mindset of Christ

The Mindset of Christ “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset of Christ: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his advantage; rather, He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a...