This post was submitted by Andy Hailstone.
Financial Charity
Over the past year or so my paradigms on giving have changed a lot. When I was planning on living a missionary lifestyle a few years ago, my strategy was this: get as much money as you need and any extra that you have give it away. I […]

The promise of Jesus that if we ask anything in His name He will do it for us does not apply to the American Dream.
Covetousness is a major issue in America.
Did you know that 61% of people with credit cards have over a $12,000 balance?
We need to learn how to manage our money in a […]

This was submitted by by Jeff Noble from a post.
Righteous Day Mapping
Just some simple thoughts on Proverbs 4.25-26 about how to orient your day to God.
Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in […]

Our time is our life.
If we don’t manage and focus our time we will squander our life.
I did a whole week series on this in the 168 hours to a focused life.
Here are some key quick points about living focused with our time:

Hungering and thirsting will drive us. We will live for the things that […]

This was submitted by Tien on bridled speech.
I think what first really motivated me to look at the way I talk, what comes
out of my mouth was having Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of
the tongue, and those who love it will eat of its fruit” meld into the whole
LIFE movement. Thinking […]

Having and un-bridled tongue is one of the easiest ways to sin and I think most of us are ignorant to it in our lives.
Often, when we leave a spiritually intense situation: like a good church service, or an awesome prayer meeting, or whatever, we leave and then the natural ‘exhale’ is to have conversation […]

This was submitted by Jerry James on making a covenant with our eyes.
I believe it is good to have a plan of attack concerning looking at the
opposite sex in a “wrong way”.
The opportunity to gaze comes often because images are everywhere from billboards, to magazines, to movies, to TV, even to look at others […]

This is something that applies to guys and girls.
We all know that pornography and slime is all over the place. The internet, TV, billboards, movies. Everywhere. But making a covenant with our eyes means more than simply promising not to Google something bad.
As Christians we don’t have the right to look upon others in a […]

This week I am going to take each day to talk about the 5 Lifestyle Practices for Maturity; A helpful outline for being wholehearted.
These are key things we can do with our life that will help keep us focused on God. Helping to keep our hearts tender and alive.
This is a way for us to […]