Tag: Faith Gateway

Your grief is real and there is a real way through it. How have you incorporated some of the tools above to help you process your heartbreak? Read more about recovering from grief in this excerpt from Bill Dunn and Kathy Leonard’s book Through a Season of Grief. Your heart, mind, and body can become…

Boys dream of being the hero, beating the bad guys, doing daring feats, and rescuing the damsel in distress. Men question “Do I have the strength it takes?” “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, because what the world needs are men who have come alive.” — John…

Have you felt called by God to do something utterly different that you felt qualified to do? He has a better plan that we could possibly imagine. “I followed the Lord my God wholeheartedly. . .”  — Joshua 14:8 NIV Source: Living As a Called Person – FaithGateway

Will you let God raise you up when you’re in a storm? Jonathan Martin shares about how to face a storm in a shipwreck by looking to Him. It is possible to fail, and not have our faith fail us. — Jonathan Martin Source: Losing Your Ship Without Losing Your Soul – FaithGateway

Power doesn’t have to be murderous to be abusive. It is dangerous almost the moment it becomes self-serving. The scriptures, on the other hand, invite us to a self-emptying approach to power. What power we have, if we are to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, is meant to be put to use for the…

John Eldredge shares about what it means to be fathered by God… “The life you’ve known as a man is not all there is. There is a Father ready to show us that path and help us follow it” The life you’ve known as a man is not all there is. There is another way.…

What would it take for church to become known as a place where grace is “on tap”? How can we live as people who freely dispense grace as Jesus did? What would it take for church to become known as a place where grace is “on tap”? — Philip Yancey Source: Grace on Tap – FaithGateway

Read a heartfelt story about a couple going through relationship issues regarding unfaithfulness, and what grace has to do with it, excerpted from Lee Strobel’s book The Case for Grace. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. — Romans 8:1 Source: The Case for Grace: Through Adultery to Grace…

Since God transformed the lives of “ordinary” fishermen and turned them into powerful and effective missionaries for His glory, imagine what He can do for you. Go forth with excitement, in His power, and get ready to be exceptional today. God has a habit of using what the world views as ordinary to perform His…

God doesn’t make generic people; He makes something very distinct — a man or a woman. A masculine heart and a feminine heart, which in their own ways reflect or portray to the world God’s heart. Read more from Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. God doesn’t make generic people; He makes something very distinct…