Perhaps the greatest plague affecting our mental and physical wellbeing is daily stress. The human body is designed to handle periods of stress followed by a period of restoration to the normal state. It is problematic to live in a state of chronic anxiety even when there is no external stress factor. What is God’s anti-stress therapy to overcome stress? Continue reading “The Best Anti-stress Therapy”
The End of Our Fears – 3 Concepts. Which One Is Yours?
Do our fears and worries have an end? When does this end come? The answer points to our hopes and goals for the future. It also affects our concept of happiness and its achievability. There are three main worldviews answering this question. Continue reading “The End of Our Fears – 3 Concepts. Which One Is Yours?”
How to Follow the High Calling
To follow the high calling means to follow Jesus, that is, to follow and recognize His leadership and supreme authority. To know Him, to know His teaching, that is, the truth of the word of God and, above all, to apply this truth to our lives, to be doers, not just listeners. Not just fans but followers. But how does that work?
“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.” (Romans 8:14)
3 Elements of the High Calling
What is heavenly prize apostle Paul talks about in his Letter to the Philippians? And to what high calling is God calling us through Jesus Christ? The high calling is the complete restoration and functioning of God’s original, initial design for each person, mankind and the creation as a whole.
How to Have an Active Faith
Faith, working through love, is the way of finding and understanding our purpose, destiny, and mission, and that we are created for. And once we have discovered and understood it, again by faith we dare to move on. Continue reading “How to Have an Active Faith”
How to Respond with Faith instead of Fear
How do we respond with faith? What motivates us to act in a certain way? What stirs us towards specific deeds? There are two key motivators: fear or faith working through love. Continue reading “How to Respond with Faith instead of Fear”
3 Principles of Living and Growing by Faith
The opening of the way of faith and learning to walk in this way is, of course, only the beginning. The goal is a steady living by faith when faith is constantly growing and being perfected. In this way, faith becomes a major motivation and driving force. Only then we can fully achieve and experience God’s specific purposes and plans for our lives. Thus we can fulfill completely what we are created for.
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How to Walk by Faith and Not by Sight
Everyone lives on the basis of what they believe. We have a whole system of convictions and beliefs where the object of faith plays a key role. What is the biblical faith and how do we walk by faith? Continue reading “How to Walk by Faith and Not by Sight”
Steps to Live Here and Now
How to overcome the worries and fears about the future and live here and now? What does the Bible teach us about this? Continue reading “Steps to Live Here and Now”
Obstacles on the Way to Spiritual Maturity
What are the most serious obstacles on the way to spiritual maturity? What hinders and prevents us from moving forward? How to move from good intentions to deeds? How to overcome the obstacles on the way of getting perfected as believers? Continue reading “Obstacles on the Way to Spiritual Maturity”