Do you ever feel like you have too much going on? Do you feel overwhelmed and not sure how much more you can take? Sometimes it is easy to let stresses take over. If any of that sounds familiar, consider this. STEP ONE: Press pause for just 10 seconds. When Peter was overwhelmed, he prayed the shortest prayer in the Bible, “Lord, save me!” (Matt. 14:30). Throughout…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 4)
Have you ever had someone tell you that you were “important” to them, only to find out later that wasn’t really the case? Maybe a boss said, “You are incredibly important to this company.” Maybe a sweetheart told you, “You are the most important thing in my life.” But, after some time passed, the job and/or the sweetie had left you. That…
These are four words that all Christians would do exceedingly well to lodge in their hearts and live in their personal interactions. It is really easy to get our feathers ruffled and get upset, even with our fellow Christians, over what is usually not all that significant in the grand scheme of things. When Abram and Lot and their families returned from Egypt,…
Many of us grew up hearing, “Respect your elders.” Maybe some of us heard that so often that we began to resent it, and by way of connection, began to resent our elders. But, why do we need to respect those who are older than us? First, we need to do it because God tells us to do it. “Rise before…and honor the presence…
In May 2022, Tyreek Hill, of the Miami Dolphins, purchased a 7-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom home for $6.9 million. That’s a really nice place! On January 3, 2024, a fire ripped through that house, and it took firefighters two hours to quell the flames, leaving extensive water and smoke damage throughout the house. A really nice place was nearly destroyed and left with severe…
Some claim that Jesus talks to them today. Well, the Bible says that it contains “all things that pertain to life and godliness” (2 Pet. 1:3) and “all truth” that has been given God (John 16:13), and that God’s Word has been “once for all delivered” (Jude 3). So, if Jesus speaks to anyone today, He is going against His own word that says…
So many times, people have struggled with anxiety, have avoided certain places or individuals, have doubted their own worth, have made poor decisions, have chosen to not take a needed step, have caused trouble or hurt in other people’s lives (and a host of other choices) all because they thought that someone else was thinking a certain way toward them. Here are two…
In the last article, we considered how enjoyable one-on-one Bible studies with non-Christians can be and should be for us as children of God. We saw how much we can and should rely on the Bible, for it is the same book in every study, it never changes, it is always right, and it has all of the answers. Here are a…