Pain and mistreatment are commonplace Pain and suffering have become so prevalent in our culture that it often gets overlooked. If we turn on the news every day, we hear of the brokenness of this world that we live in. We hear of the mistreatment of others daily. We watch people hurt and devalue even…
A World of Superficial Relationships In our world today, many relationships are superficial. The lack of depth in our relationships is contagious. We call selfishness, love. We avoid real forgiveness. Even in the church, we are practicing the world’s methods of how to relate to people. All the while, we tend not to be as…
A Commitment to Peacemaking Introduction Gospel-Centered Ministry Step 1: Understand the Problem – Observation and Identification of the Problem (PROBLEM) 1. Relationships should be of the highest priority in our lives. Everyone needs somebody. 2. Broken relationships are distracting. Broken relationships are destructive. Broken relationships distort the message of the gospel. Broken relationships restrict our…
If You Bite & Devour One Another About the Book Conflict in churches is a pervasive problem we know all too well. If You Bite & Devour One Another is the only book of its kind, examining all the biblical passages on conflict and outlining key scriptural principles for handling various kinds of conflicts among…
Three Essential Relationships During this Lessons for Life podcast, we will talk about three essential relationships that we all should have in our life. Relationships are vital for health and well-being. As you listen to the podcast, evaluate how well you are doing in each of these three relationships.
Building Stronger Bonds: Enhancing Christian Unity Through Effective Communication At some point, all relationships will go through times of conflict. All people will have times where communication will be challenging. At those times relationships can plummet from the heights to the depths in a moment. In those moments, people tend to either fight (attack the…
When was the last time someone said thank you to you? When was the last time you said thank you to someone else? So many people today struggle with a lack of thankfulness and ingratitude. This leads to struggles with complaining, criticizing, and comparing. Gratitude and thankfulness provide a powerful remedy for these problems. This gratitude journal helps us to identify what we should be grateful for and what we do as a result of seeing life as a gift.
Do you struggle with applying the truth that you learn during your study of God’s word? This God’s grace prayer journal will allow you to focus on gratitude and live in contentment in life. The journal pages encourage you to observe what you are learning from the Bible text, evaluate how you have failed to live according to the truths stated, seek forgiveness, and develop godly plans for change.
Do you struggle with the lack of hope? Do you find yourself struggling with doubt and insecurity during times of great challenge? During those times, you need to find your rest and assurance in pondering, personalizing, praying, and practicing what God’s Word says. In the short devotional, spend time meditating and studying each of these passages. Write down whatever comes to mind in the spaces below. And let God speak to you.
One of the keys to growing in Christlikeness in our lives is to unearth and discover, and biblically evaluate our thinking patterns, speaking, and acting. This worksheet will help you be honest and specific about areas in your life that are not meeting biblical standards in thinking, speaking, and acting.
The God who began a good work in you will continue it through your lifetime and will finish it when we meet him face-to-face. God works for us, and God works in us. He enables us to become more like Christ every single day. This work is progressive and continual in this life. This worksheet helps us review and evaluate gains made during counseling and discipleship, show gratitude to God for what he has done, and develop plans for future growth and change.
There probably is not a day that goes by that we do not have some level of conflict with others. This worksheet helps us focus on the problem and not the person. It helps us evaluate how we have handled a dispute and how we should deal with it moving forward.
Do you ever struggle with doing a Bible study or journaling the key ideas from your reading? This Bible Study Note Sheet will encourage you to ponder and meditate on Scripture. Also, God’s Word is meant for you, so this worksheet will help you personalize what you are learning. It will also guide you in learning to pray God’s Word, and finally, it will encourage you to put into practice the principles and promises you find in reading the Word of God.
Anger is a significant issue for so many people. People often stuff or spew their anger, but very few learn to study their anger. This journal assignment will help you to do just that. It will help you understand, evaluate, and respond to your anger in better ways.
Do you ever find yourself getting overwhelmed with problems? Do you find yourself struggling with thinking clearly during a challenging situation? This four-step approach to rethinking a problem will help.
Problems can seem overwhelming. When we are in the midst of a significant crisis, many of us struggle with defining the problem and implementing helpful solutions. This worksheet helps us to identify three unbiblical and unproductive ways of handling problems. It also encourages us to destroy problems, not people, as we deal with issues in a biblical and God-honoring way.
