by Guest Writer | Nov 1, 2018 | Obedience, Revive Magazine, Six Responses to God, Your Faith Frontier
INTRODUCTION BY KELLEY HOUSELY Wikipedia defines the American Dream as follows: “The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, the set of ideals (democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity and equality) in which freedom includes the opportunity for...
by Guest Writer | Nov 1, 2018 | Obedience, Revive Magazine, Six Responses to God, Your Faith Frontier
What is faith? No better answer is given in perhaps all the Bible than in the great eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews. Here a tapestry is unfolded, depicting great examples of faith from the record of Old Testament heroes. In great castles, dark tapestries hang...
by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth | Nov 1, 2018 | Obedience, Revive Magazine, Six Responses to God, Your Faith Frontier
Satan wants to convince us that the only way we can ever be different is if our circumstances change. So we play the “if only” game: “If only we didn’t have to move . . .” “If only we lived closer to my parents . . .” “If only we had a bigger house . . .” “If only we...
by Life Action | Nov 1, 2018 | Obedience, Revive Magazine, Six Responses to God, Your Faith Frontier
“Three, two, one …” For so many of life’s great events, this countdown of anticipation stirs imagination! For me, it also represented the ultimate achievement after years of education, preparation, and envisioning my future. Hearing this countdown from the...
by Donna Avant | Nov 1, 2018 | Be Encouraged, Obedience, Revive Magazine, Say Yes to God, Six Responses to God, Women's Content, Your Faith Frontier
My four-year-old granddaughter, Addy, was intently playing in her room. She heard her daddy calling her from downstairs, “Addy, come downstairs. We need to go.” Addy was in her own little world of imagination, interacting with her dolls. She didn’t want to be...
by Life Action | Nov 1, 2018 | Revive Magazine, Your Faith Frontier
Today is the best day to begin your adventure of faith! Use this PDF worksheet to evaluate your walk of faith and talk with God about your next steps.
by John Avant | Nov 1, 2018 | Obedience, Revive Magazine, Six Responses to God, Your Faith Frontier
Diving with sharks. Diving with sharks with my fourteen-year-old son. Diving in cenotes (freshwater caverns in Mexico). Trips to countries where people are murdered for their faith. Some say I am an adrenaline junkie, an adventurer, or a risk taker. My wife usually...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 19, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
Pride is the mother of all sins. It is the root that exalts us over others and over God Himself. It is the antithesis of real love. God repeatedly reminds us that He opposes the proud, because it is a direct assault on Him. And, it’s in all of us. We see this pride in...
by Guest Writer | Oct 9, 2018 | Church Leadership, God's Kingdom First, Personal Growth, Say Yes to God, Six Responses to God
I talked to the lady at the hotel who puts out our breakfast. “What do you do?” she asks. We must look like a sight, scrounging around for donuts and eggs and coffee with all our ragamuffin kids. “We travel for work,” I say. But, I can tell she’s still curious, so I...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 5, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
(That Leads to Revival!) This Sunday, millions of people will gather in homes and churches all around the world to worship God. Those who can will meet in large groups. Ezra, in Nehemiah 8, displays a good model for what should happen in these moments. Although there...
