The Stuttering Believer

One of the worst things you can do as a believer is to compare your spiritual growth with another believer’s. I’ve been guilty of looking at the spiritual progress of my Christian friends, walking out boldly in their callings, aligning their lives with God’s purpose for them and thinking, “What…

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21 I’ve been reflecting…

As a believer, I have a constant struggle with worldly acceptance/rejection; there is an almost irrational need to avoid rejection and court acceptance at a high cost. Why does this need exist? The scripture calls us as believers to be sanctified, set apart as holy, and consecrated, so why does the acceptance/rejection of the world matter?…

“He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.’” – Matthew 17:20 There is a common…

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. – “Romans 3:23-24” I remember vividly the set of events that ultimately led to me giving my life to Christ but first…