Sink Your Roots
“It takes a long time to sink roots in the ground, but only a few seconds to cut down a tree.” #STAYFORTH. Is the Lord calling you to the other side of the world? Or does He want you to …
Offering of the Ordinary
“Take your everyday ordinary life- your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life- and place it before God as an offering.” – Romans 12:1, The Message Bible. God is omnipotent and amazing, not contained to only certain aspects of your life. …
Pride then Crash
“First pride, then the crash- the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.” – Proverbs 16:18, The Message Bible. God’s truth is often contradictory to what the world tells us. Pride = weakness. Humility = strength.
Go and Make…
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations …” – Matthew 28:19 I am sure that we are all very familiar with this verse. It is the one passage that provides pastors impetus to enforce discipleship amongst their people. Folks …
The Second Most Important Question for Living a Life of Purpose
By Fran Sciacca – Is your curiosity keeping pace with your faith? So, what’s the point? Thirty centuries ago, a brilliant thinker and writer decided to tell God to take a long hike off a short pier. Well, not exactly, …
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Silent Sufferers, It’s Time to Ditch the Shame
The day was June 19, 1865. It’s over. The Civil War had officially ended two months earlier, when General Lee surrendered to the North at Appomattox. But without TV, phones, or the Internet, news of the war’s end traveled slower …
A Warm Welcome from Publisher Don Pape
Welcome to the new NavPress blog and e-newsletter! It’s been a little over two years since NavPress first joined forces with Tyndale House Publishers in a vibrant partnership that allows both NavPress and Tyndale to play to their strengths. Tyndale’s …
Pass It On – Raising Children Who Pray
THE GREATEST LEGACY I can pass down to my children is a passion to know and follow our Lord Jesus Christ. In our family, I’ve found 10 practical ways to incorporate prayer in our daily life and routine. I hope …
Where Are You, Lord?
What’s really going on when God seems absent Our son’s voice trembled on the other end of the phone line. I knew right away that Josh had called with the bad news we’d hoped never to hear: Jada, our 14-month-old …
Sound the Trumpet
Assembling the Troops for Prayer Arizona was facing one of the worst droughts in the state’s history. Fires were breaking out everywhere. The state was a tinderbox. Bark beetles were destroying the parched forests, and there was talk of rationing …