When you look back at this season of your life, what might you be glad you did with your time? What will you regret having not done? Thinking about what really matters to you, and allowing the Lord to show you poor habits and weaknesses can help you predict areas of potential failure. The questions…

Social media, videos, and movies have become the popular go-to for: relaxation entertainment boredom-alleviation recreation anxiety-relief cheering up Using technology to chill-out does work. But then it stops working and often makes everything worse than before. Why is that? It isn’t true rest. What Is True Rest? The kinds of activities that will bring you the…

Modern society has deemed the centuries-old concept of self-discipline as legalistic and restrictive, and tried to replace it with the softer idea of self-care. But there’s a catch. What is often advertised as self-care can actually pull you away from what is better care. Self-care sounds gentle and innocent, but it’s a slippery slope that…

It’s understandable if you’ve ever pushed back against strict rules, stifling boundaries, or legalism. After all, “commandments” and “doctrines” of men can have an appearance of wisdom and self-discipline; while actually being human-constructed “standards” not found in the Word of God or in the gospel of Jesus Christ (Col. 2:20-23). Sometimes you’re very right and discerning…