Relationships

How important is it for Christians to have relationships with other people? Isn't God supposed to be our focus? And if relationships aren't important, then why does the Bible talk so much about them?
The only possible outcome: it is vital for Christians to have relationships with other people. God doesn't just want us to build relationships with others, He wants us to build healthy relationships and work on repairing any broken ones.
So how do we do this? How do we earn back trust we've lost? How do we forgive when the hurt still exists? Where does restoration begin?

Transformers

With the recent release of the motion picture, Transformers 2, the world seems to be obsessed with Transformers. The basic premise of Transformers is, they are robot-like beings who can take on the shape of modern vehicles but have they also have the ability to "transform" back and forth between robot state and vehicle state.
God wants us to be one-way transformers. He wants to transform our hearts and minds to think and love like Him. We come into this world as sinners, full of ugliness and evil, but a transformation takes place when accept Jesus Christ's forgiveness. Suddenly the sin is washed away as if we were born again. Sometimes it is hard not to fall back into our old habits. We can be influenced by this sinful world to allow sin back into our hearts and minds which dictates our lives.
Do you need transformed today?

Coming Clean

Have you ever done something you felt guilty about later on? What takes the guilt away? Is confession a way to remove guilt? What if we're forgiven by those we have wronged? Do we still sometimes experience guilt?
What about the forgiveness of God which covers all of our sins? Do we still sometimes hold onto those sins through guilt? How much happier could we all be if we could learn to fully accept forgiveness and release our guilt?

Power To Change

Does God really have the power to change our lives? Can our addictions be broken? Our wounds healed? Our broken hearts mended? If so, why are there so many Christians throughout the world that are hurting? Do we find hope in God's power or does it serve as a source of doubt to our faith?

Hope

Where do we find hope? Is it in our families? Our jobs? Our success? What about in God? Is there hope in the promises of God? Do we even need hope or is hope just something else that eventually lets us down?

Poor in Spirit

What does it mean to be poor in spirit? Or for that matter, what does it mean to be blessed? Matthew 5:3 says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs."Does poor in spirit have anything to do with money?

The Beatitudes

Of all the things Jesus said, why are the Beatitudes (see Matthew 5) singled out and so highly esteemed? Is it because He talks about blessings? What kinds of blessings is Jesus referring to? Financial blessings? Emotional blessings? Spiritual blessings? Eternal blessings?