Keep Your Conscience Clear

Paul writes: ‘My conscience [enlightened and prompted] by the Holy Spirit bearing witness with me.’ Note that when the Holy Spirit speaks to your conscience, two things happen. First, He illuminates your heart with the truth. Second, He prompts you about what to do....

Hold On Until Your Joy Comes

Pain is an inevitable part of life and growth; a beneficial part! Stop and consider some of its benefits: (1) It lets you know when there’s something wrong in your body that needs to be made right. (2) It forces you to acknowledge a condition you didn’t know about;...

Forget It And Move On

We all have a ‘past’. It’s filled with hurts others have done to us, mistakes that got us into trouble, and things we’re so ashamed of we wouldn’t dare talk openly about them. What to do? There are only two things you can do with your past: focus on it, or forget it...

Have You Prayed About It?

God hasn’t made prayer difficult or complicated, but really simple. The truth is, many of us pray more often than we know. And we have a more effective and successful prayer life than we realise. The trouble is, we don’t always recognise when we’re praying. That’s...

Notes and Diamonds

To understand how God sees you, try to think of these two things: (1) A ten-dollar note. What makes it more valuable than any other piece of paper of equal size? The wealth and stability of the government whose treasurer’s signature is on it. You can crumple that...