Monique was struggling She had friends who were believers in Jesus and she respected how they handled life rsquo s struggles She was even a bit jealous of them But Monique didn rsquo t think she could live the way they did she thought having faith in Christ was about following rules Finally a fellow college student helped her see that God wasn rsquo t out to spoil her life instead He wanted the best for her amidst her ups and downs Once she understood this Monique was ready to trust Jesus as her Savior and embraced the magnificent truth [... more]

As the mask mandate requirements during the pandemic loosened I struggled to remember to keep a mask handy for where they were still required mdash like my daughter rsquo s school One day when I needed a mask I found just one in my car the one I avoided wearing because it had ldquo BLESSED rdquo written across the front I prefer to wear masks without messages and I believe that the word on the mask I found is overused But I had no choice so I reluctantly put the mask on And when I nearly showed my annoyance with [... more]

What we think leads to what we do Without Christ our minds are darkened alienated from God and filled with sensuality In this message Pastor Lutzer defines why the mind is so important it has power and it shapes your life Let's take a tour through the human heart and mind This month's special offer is available for a donation of any amount Get yours at rtwoffer com or call us at - - - [... more]

In the late s a young man discovered a mysterious depression on Nova Scotia rsquo s Oak Island Guessing that pirates mdash perhaps even Captain Kidd himself mdash had buried treasure there he and a couple of companions started digging They never found any treasure but the rumor took on a life of its own Over the centuries others continued digging at the site mdash expending a great amount of time and expense The hole is now more than feet meters deep Such obsessions betray the emptiness in the human heart A story in the Bible shows how one man [... more]

I recently saw a photograph of Michelangelo rsquo s sculpture Moses in which a closeup view showed a small bulging muscle on Moses rsquo right arm This muscle is the extensor digiti minimi and the contraction only appears when someone lifts their pinky Michelangelo known as a master of intricate details paid close attention to the human bodies he sculpted adding intimate features most everyone else would miss Michelangelo knew the human body in ways few other sculptors have but the details he carved into granite were his attempts to reveal something deeper mdash the soul the interior life of [... more]

Unforgiveness in the human heart begins small but enlarges to take over more territory creating a heaviness that's also dark Creativity and natural energy levels seem to be less and less impacted by the dark covering over the heart that holds onto unforgiveness But God's light can shine into that darkness restoring light and everything connected Shirley explains that darkness does not comprehend the One who is light but you can Forgiveness is the place to start If you enjoyed this episode please rate and leave a review We appreciate your support On Running With Horses we take a spiritual [... more]

In Uvalde the shooter's grandmother faced the rage of a troubled grandson and according to multiple reports a daughter with a history of drug use At least one incident required law enforcement to the home of the shooter's mother and neighbors and relatives knew of the turbulent relationship between son and mother Mental issues and drug abuse create a toxic brew of chronic impairments that will not resolve independently Those challenges hopelessly outmatch even the best of grandmothers In the case of Nicolas Cruz who killed students at Stoneman Douglas High School in law enforcement made visits to the gunman's [... more]

There is nothing in the universe that the Lord does not govern--including the human heart Today R C Sproul conveys the extent of God's sovereignty Get R C Sproul's 'Chosen by God' Teaching Series DVD Book and Study Guide for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org chosen-by-god Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

We feel like we've learned from the past and look down on the actions of previous generations But what's different about our hearts [... more]

From Hope for the Caregiver's national broadcast - - Let's face it many people don't know what to say when encountering someone struggling with divorce broken relationships a tragedy or other painful realities Just put it behind you Don't look in the rearview mirror That's in the past While sounding like good advice to keep moving forward there are times when acknowledging the magnitude of someone's heartache is appropriate and sifting through the mess and assessing the destruction is required Recovery takes time and part of the process involves meticulously inspecting the damage Any insurance adjuster who's visited a client [... more]

How can believers use the hope of Heaven to defeat the fear of death In this Sunday message bestselling author and speaker Lee Strobel reveals the secret to overcoming your greatest fears Get real encouragement today This Giving Tuesday do big things and invest in transformed lives If you believe in the work of evangelism that Harvest Ministries is doing give today here or just go to harvest org support Notes My heart pounds in my chest the terror of death assaults me David in Psalm NLT God has planted eternity in the human heart Ecclesiastes NLT Jesus set free [... more]

The human heart is the same in every generation--seeking the opposite of what God requires and justifying selfish pursuits instead Today W Robert Godfrey takes us to Psalm to show how tragic events in David's life remind us to pursue God alone Get the 'Learning to Love the Psalms' DVD Series with W Robert Godfrey for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org learning-to-love-the-psalms Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Stu is joined by Mike Zwick host of the radio program and podcast If Not For God - they talk about his testimony the human heart's longing for God and how God often goes after you when you run from Him [... more]

There is nothing in the universe that the Lord does not govern--including the human heart Today R C Sproul conveys the extent of God's sovereignty Get R C Sproul's 'Chosen by God' Teaching Series DVD Book and Study Guide for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org chosen-by-god Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

After hearing a message about correcting injustice a church member approached the pastor weeping asking for forgiveness and confessing that he hadn rsquo t voted in favor of calling the black minister to be pastor of their church because of his own prejudice ldquo I really need you to forgive me I don rsquo t want the junk of prejudice and racism spilling over into my kids rsquo lives I didn rsquo t vote for you and I was wrong rdquo His tears and confession were met with the tears and forgiveness of the minister A week later the entire [... more]

Dr Steve Pettit continues a series entitled Wisdom from Above with a message titled The Source of All Conflict from James - The post The Source of All Conflict appeared first on THE DAILY PLATFORM [... more]

It rsquo s clear the Apostle Paul knew nothing of political correctness He catalogs the depth of human depravity in chapter three of the book of Romans It rsquo s a list many would argue with but an accurate list nonetheless Unless we are prepared to see our true condition we will never understand how desperately we need the grace of God as revealed in Jesus Christ nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Reading the book of Romans is like shining a light into darkness In its pages we see ourselves as we really are We find that apart from God rsquo s grace we are capable of awful things In fact we rsquo re morally bankrupt compared to our Creator In this message we probe the darkness of the human heart and the amazing light God shines into those hearts that come to believe in Jesus nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

In his book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made co-authored with Philip Yancey Dr Paul Brand observed ldquo A hummingbird heart weighs a fraction of an ounce and beats eight hundred times a minute a blue whale rsquo s heart weighs half a ton beats only ten times per minute and can be heard two miles away In contrast to either the human heart seems dully functional yet it does its job beating times a day ndash times a minute with no time off for rest to get most of us through seventy years or more rdquo The amazing heart so thoroughly [... more]

When we live or work with someone whose conscience is dead or defiled the evil latent in every human heart is on full display How do we cope with people who seem to be beyond hope Let rsquo s look into a hardened conscience and see how to handle it nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Deep in every human heart is a conscience a sense of right and wrong that we cannot shake off When our conscience is clear we have freedom When we violate it we rsquo re in bondage Can we clean up our lives and our consciences nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]

Don't follow the path that has the most footprints Follow the path that has Christ's footprints [... more]

The human heart has a God-sized hole that we're waiting for something to fill but Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of our waiting And he's better than anything else you're waiting for [... more]

In one of Dr Seuss rsquo s whimsical stories he tells of a ldquo North-Going Zax and a South-Going Zax rdquo crossing the Prairie of Prax Upon meeting nose to nose neither Zax will step aside The first Zax angrily vows to stay put mdash even if it makes ldquo the whole world stand still rdquo Unfazed the world moves on and builds a highway around them The tale offers an uncomfortably accurate picture of human nature We possess a reflexive ldquo need rdquo to be right and we rsquo re prone to stubbornly cling to that instinct in rather [... more]

Left to itself humanity is spiraling downward in a tailspin of evil Today Steven Lawson surveys the Apostle Paul's diagnosis of the human heart in the book of Romans Get the 'Foundations of Grace' New Testament DVD with Steven Lawson for Your Gift of Any Amount https gift renewingyourmind org foundations-of-grace-new-testament Don't forget to make RenewingYourMind org your home for daily in-depth Bible study and Christian resources [... more]

Abortion is the intentional killing of a pre-born human being Infanticide is the intentional killing of a human being after birth Because God has written His law on the human heart everyone knows unless they ignore their conscience that the intentional killing of another human being except in cases of personal civil or national defense is morally wrong and unjust With that in mind it is difficult to understand how proponents of killing pre-born or post-born babies can be so zealous and self-righteous in their advocacy of murder even if legal [... more]