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Spiritual Growth

Spiritual growth comes in many forms, and at many speeds. Don’t rush your spiritual growth, but invest in it every day.

Don't despair if you cannot pray. Reach out to others and your church.

Not Able to Pray?

When you find you can’t pray, when the words or thoughts or feelings just won’t come, go to church. There’s a reason we’re called to praise God together in church, and you’ll feel the “we” of worship.

3 positive filters for life.

3 Positive Filters for Life

Are you aware of how you tend to look at life, of what kind of filter you use to assess what’s going on around you? Your outlook, or filter, can render an event dreary or bright, positive or negative. Here are three useful filters you can apply to life.

Staying spiritually fit requires the same kind of dedication as being physically fit.

5 Ways to Stay Spiritually Fit

Being physically fit is important for all of us, but it’s even more important for us to be spiritually fit. Here are a few traits that will help us become spiritually strong.

An father adopting sons learns about God's perfect timing.

Expectant Father: Waiting with Joy

In a frustrating adoption process an expectant father remembers that God is in control of all, and it’s not his job to worry. “Give all your fears and worries to Him,” says Cecil Stokes, “because they are not ours to carry.”

Guideposts: Sometimes you just have to walk on faith.

A Military Mom Walks by Faith

As the mom of a Marine, I learned pretty early on that I was going to be doing a lot of water walking. And if I didn’t keep my eyes on Jesus, I was going to sink. Here are four other lessons I learned.

A prayer shawl or tallit.

Cover Yourself in Prayer

Sometimes when I drape the tallit or prayer shawl over my head and shoulders and pull it close, I experience a focus and intensity in prayer that often escapes me at other times. It covers me—physically and symbolically—in prayer.

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