Monday Moments

For most of us, we want to know that we're living the way we ought to be living. Call it control or fear or the honest desire to do what's right, we all want to know that we're "on the right path," so to speak. Is there a way to know that for certain? How can we be sure? Perhaps the bigger question we often entangle ourselves with is, "Does God really want to talk to...

Life is full of good and bad. Sometimes it's the result of our choices, while other times it's the result of simply living in a broken world. How should we respond when things outside our control are forced upon us? What is God up to in these times? That's what we're talking about in this week's episode of Monday Moments!

In times of uncertainty, knowing what God wants us to do becomes all the more important. It can also bring with it a heightened sense of anxiety for fear of missing it or making a wrong choice. When the stakes are high, the fear of failing can be, too. But God doesn't make His will hard to know, and there may already be some really practical tools available to you to find out what that might...

Preparation often looks like having a plan for every possible situation and outcome, whether good or bad. Yet, being prepared spiritually looks very different. We obviously don't know the future, but we do know the One who does. So how do we prepare for the unexpected? Perhaps it's easier than we think, and perhaps it leads to true fulfillment. That's what we're talking about i...

Hardship plays an interesting role in our lives. It challenges us and changes us, but only if we allow it to. In fact, it's the very vehicle God often uses to bring about the biggest transformation within us. So often we try to escape hardship or fear it means we are somehow outside of God's will. But what if hardship or struggle is exactly what we need? What if that is the very thing th...

Christmas is a special time of the year when we celebrate family, giving, and hopefully, Jesus' birth. But the birth of Jesus was only half of the point of the early church's celebration of Advent. The early church was looking beyond a singular moment in history, and they fixed their gaze on the second coming of Christ. In Scripture, we see Jesus talking about His second coming through p...

Thankfulness isn't just about gratitude for the good things in life. Although, it's important to see how much we've been blessed and to thank God accordingly. A lifestyle of thanksgiving is being grateful to God for who He is, what He has done, what He promised He will do, and being grateful for the difficulties in life. That doesn't mean denying the pain, heartache, or struggl...

A covenant is different than a promise. It's different because if one person breaks their end of the agreement, the other person still holds to their side. We most often see covenants made between God and man in Scripture, but when a group of persecuted Christians fled Europe, they established a new covenant with God upon their arrival to the new world. What happens when that covenant is brok...

Today we hear common phrases such as, "Speak/live your truth," or "What's true for you may/may not be true for someone else." So how can you be sure if anything is certainly true? Does absolute truth even exist? The bigger challenge is when we are faced with something claiming to be the truth that conflicts with our perception or knowledge. It's called cognitive disso...

It's 2021, and we're no strangers to the term "influencer." But what does it actually mean to have influence? What is good influence? What is bad influence? What kind of influence should we be looking for or striving towards? That's what we're talking about in this week's episode of Monday Moments.

Salvation without the relationship is just religion. Sadly, religion doesn't equip us to withstand the hardships that life brings or the persecution that the Bible promises will come. So then what makes the difference? The answer is a relationship with God and trustworthy people. This approach often challenges the way we engage scripture, but it's the best way. Approaching scripture with...