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Looking back at our past can be difficult and painful, but it can also be a crucial step in our healing journey. Recognizing how our past has impacted us can help us bring our pain and brokenness to God, and trust Him to heal and restore us.

Whether it’s a romantic relationship, a friendship, or a family relationship, how we approach it matters. Here are five ways to approach relationships with intentionality:

Do the elements of our lives—our time, our sacrifice—line up with what we say we want to be? How many of us are really people of our word? How often do we say things about ourselves, hoping they are true? How many times do we believe things about ourselves that really, honestly, aren’t true?

In following Jesus, we must have both the right King and the right Kingdom. It has to be both. If we have only the right King, we turn into the crowd when Jesus doesn’t do His will our “way.

By definition, a sound investment grows. How are you investing in those who are younger both in age and in faith? Regardless of how old you are, who can you come alongside and support or encourage on their faith journey? 

Taming the tongue (or your thumbs) isn’t easy. We all struggle with saying or typing things we regret. Here are 10 tips for dealing with a wild tongue.

Having a growth mindset is knowing that we don’t know everything. It’s walking in humility and learning from everyone and everything.

he doctrine of Karma does sound a little like what the Bible teaches about sowing and reaping. There are earthly consequences for our actions, but the other side of it is Jesus – who paid for all our wrongs.

To truly know and love someone well, we have to be willing to learn, ask questions, make mistakes, and keep trying. It takes work, but working hard to know someone we love is ALWAYS worth the effort. 

Solomon had wisdom beyond imagination, but even he failed to completely live by God’s wisdom. And there were many who came before and after him who showed potential but ultimately failed as well.

We’re not meant to see this prayer as a magical mantra to get God to do what we want; instead, what this prayer demonstrates is that God hears the prayers of those who seek Him; it is a reminder to God’s people (and to us) to not give up praying during difficult circumstances.

How often have you taken children, your own, your grandkids, nieces, or nephews, and they just don’t want to go to sleep? Rest is supposed to be very good for them, but they don’t want it.