When we get too caught up in our roles in ministry, we need God to drape His presence over us like a cloud and put a halt to our busywork. Continue Reading …
Resources by Topic: Christian Growth
Add gentleness and patience, then mix thoroughly with compassion, kindness, and meekness. Continue Reading …
Five things that holiness isn’t. Continue Reading …
What new joys await me this next year? Challenges? Trials and heartaches? What new lessons? What dreams will come true, and what new ones will be birthed? Continue Reading …
How's your "love life"? Continue Reading …
On January 1, I dusted off and opened up my One-Year Bible. On January 5, my eyes grew wide as I read that Adam lived 930 years. . . Continue Reading …
Your questions on this spiritual discipline—answered! Continue Reading …
It's a no-brainer that what we think about determines our actions. What happens if I think about chocolate all day . . . (which isn't hard to do)? Continue Reading …
Worship isn't something we do only on Sundays during a moving praise and worship music set. Worship happens 24/7 as we turn our hearts to Him anytime, anywhere! Continue Reading …
Last summer, as the women of our church studied John together, I was reminded again just how ugly comparison can be. Continue Reading …
When I was hired for my first job, my father took me aside to give me an important insight. "Don't expect praise for merely doing what you were hired to do." Continue Reading …
I instructed him to get up off the floor. He looked at me in wide-eyed amazement, and with total sincerity replied, “I'm not on the floor!” Continue Reading …
Some days I give in to a heart that's crabby and ungrateful. I feel exhausted and numb, shifting into autopilot in my marriage and motherhood. Can you relate? Continue Reading …
For so many parents, the words family worship stir feelings of guilt, inadequacy, and a longing to do better. If this describes you, don't give up! Continue Reading …
Take a peek at what several Revive Our Hearts staff members are reading right now. Continue Reading …
I decided to ask the Lord who I was not being merciful to. The answer came into my heart in a single beat. "Your husband." Come again, Lord? Continue Reading …
Is your heart tied to the temporary or are you living for the forever? Continue Reading …
If only spiritual transformation were that easy. Just read a book, see a counselor, attend a conference . . . and, presto, out comes a mature, godly Christian. Continue Reading …
Do you find it curious—as I do—that we have to be instructed to love God? Continue Reading …
Too often we go through life half-numb to spiritual realities. If you struggle to find a vibrant, transforming relationship with God, this is for you. Continue Reading …
No longer is worship limited to a particular place or time; God is seeking those who would worship Him in spirit—worship can happen anytime and anyplace! Continue Reading …
The first time the word "worship" is used in Scripture is right here, smack dab in the middle of the most heart-wrenching, tenacious obedience ever. Continue Reading …
My dad used to say it this way: “You are what you have been becoming. And you will be down the road what you are becoming now.” Continue Reading …
I am eternally grateful for meeting Christ at a very young tender age; but I regret times I’ve wandered through the “ordinary” days. . . Continue Reading …
At my son’s wedding, I found myself reminding him of the words my mother spoke to me at my wedding, and many times since: “Always remember that love is a choice.” Continue Reading …
The Lord’s been teaching me a lot about dealing with “toads” (difficult people) from the life of Moses--a man who was surrounded by them! Continue Reading …
True love is not an emotion, although it carries with it the wonder and delight of pleasurable emotions. True love is not something we "fall in" and "out of." Continue Reading …
The light bulb came on! I began to understand that my approach to prayer was far too mechanical. Continue Reading …
If your passion for God has grown cold, consider refueling your fire this way . . . Continue Reading …
Though our ordinary work may not always be risky or radical, quiet faithfulness and willing service might just be the very thing God has ordained for us today. Continue Reading …