In our efforts to encourage discipleship in the local church, be open to different ways God might choose to influence you.

God filled the world with good things. Satan would love to use them to keep you from joy in Jesus. Don’t rob God’s gift of their real joy in him.

If gratefulness rises up in our hearts, but never spills out of our mouths, we are only experiencing the beginnings of real joy.

When you’re tempted to think all hope is lost…

Five simple ways to help you battle the pull to drown in busyness this season and to keep your focus on Christ, seeking to follow His pattern of love and humility…

We cannot manipulate our hearts to escape depression. We put our hope in God’s help — and one of the strongest weapons he gives is gratitude.

Are you lost in a sea of self-absorption, or are you pushing against the grain to see how God is at work in others’ lives around you?

The test of faith is not whether we experience trials, but how we respond to them.

If you want to make the most of singleness, even while you long to be married, here are a few practical points I learned in my own season of waiting.

Many Christians simply join the chorus of conservative America, moaning about the disintegration of our society. Christians have a greater hope, and a higher calling.

How we respond to difficult decisions made by the leadership over us is a test of Christian maturity.

How many God-ordained opportunities I miss because of my own preconceived judgments?

Your dates don’t have to look like the Joneses, but don’t go to the other extreme and forget about them altogether.

Theological pride lurks behind many of the strong convictions we have. Convictions are a good thing, assuming we’re conveying them to others in a loving manner.

The Christmas season brings some of the busiest days of the year, and the stress often brings out the worst in us. Here are four ways to battle pride over the holidays.

Here are a four brief reasons to be transparent with one another rather than hiding behind our shiny veneers of “perfection.”

The American Dream teaches us to settle for a child or two, so that we can focus on other more important opportunities in life. One of the best ways to change the world, though, is to have and raise kids. With these little ones, we can pass on truths and passions that will shape and affect society.

The school years shouldn’t be looked at as a dreadful encounter with adolescent life, but an exciting time of discovering God’s plan for our children. I need to be excited for my daughter and the young woman she is becoming, not living in fear of all the what-if situations.

When promoting personal food and medicine choices becomes our latest form of evangelism, we are showing where our hope really lies.

Elisabeth Elliot's books have had incredible Kingdom impact. Here's how one of her books helped to transform my perspective on relationships and marriage…