Senior Living Ministries
In all my years of ministry, I’ve found there’s one topic of conversation that provokes more fear and anxiety than any other: sharing our faith. Many Christians would rather go swimming with sharks than explain the Gospel to a lost friend or family member!
Absolutely! After many years together, there comes a time when it seems you know each other so well you can finish each others sentences!
I truly believe that when you are able to get away from the distractions of everyday life, that’s when God speaks to you. So in these quiet moments, listen. When things come to mind, I believe it’s the Lord speaking directly to you. Of course, God will never contradict His Word, so be sure that […]
One very important prayer-time companion is your Bible so that you can read what the Word says about what you’re praying about. For example, if you’re praying for patience with someone or something, read what God has to say about patience. If you are talking to God about depression or anxiety, read about His promises to bring comfort.
I often talk to people who tell me the same thing. So I tell them to be creative in their prayer time. I know some people who pray while they’re getting dressed in the morning. Others pray during commercial breaks while they’re watching television. It’s amazing how much extra time you really do have in your day that you can fill with prayer!
What’s the key to a powerful prayer life? If you could answer that question, you’d be a millionaire! That’s because in our fast-paced world, people want to know the quickest solution to every problem. Yet there’s no “magic bullet” to achieving a deep, meaningful prayer life. It takes time to cultivate intimacy with God.
This is a common question I hear this time of year as families get together.
All of us to some degree deal with guilt in our lives. This is because we’re born into a sinful world and we do sinful things. But when we come to Christ, the old is gone and the new has come (2 Cor. 5:17). Have you ever thought about how wonderful the grace of God is? Immediately after you do something wrong, that sin has already been washed away and never once counted against you. It’s as if it never happened!
Hope is an interesting thing, isn’t it? While it comforts, many people I speak with are simply afraid to have it because they don’t want to be let down. Maybe they’ve hoped for so long that they would wake up one morning pain-free, yet it never happens. Or, perhaps they have hoped that God would take away their loneliness, yet they constantly find themselves feeling isolated.
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