Bible Reading Plan

All too often we pray safe prayers like, “God bless me.” Or “God, guide me.” These are safe in that no matter what happens, our confidence in God remains unchallenged. God desires for us to pray prayers that are life-altering and soul-shaping, the kind of prayers that wreck our lives in a good way to…

David prayed, “Search me, God, see if there’s “any offensive way” in me.” When you pray that kind of prayer, God is going to show you things that have to go so that He can reclaim your heart, these things that you’ve allowed that have not only captured your heart, but have created a stronghold…

Prayer in its essence is communicating with God, our Father. It is going before His throne of grace. Any form of real, meaningful communication is not just one-way communication. In other words, praying to God is not just talking to Him, but praying is actually listening to God. God can do way more when we…

As we spend more time seeking God through His Word and in prayer, we will come to better know Him and His character. Conversation with God leads to an encounter with God which leads us to know Him more and more. It is through prayer that we sense His presence, learn His character, and receive…

We were made to function best in a prayerful relationship with God. In Scripture, God commands us to pray, thus prayer should be considered an act of obedience. Prayer was an important part of Jesus’ life of obedience. He prayed because of His relationship with the Father and because of the confidence He had in…

Paul wants the Colossians to embrace Jesus and His people through selfless love. He continues this idea by giving three specific examples of how Christians should serve Jesus and His people in marriage, family, and as slaves and masters. Although we are not in the same situation as these slaves and masters, we know what…

Jesus secured our salvation through His death and resurrection. He defeated every spiritual authority and gives us new life when we choose to follow Him. We are no longer bound to the authorities and rules that once imprisoned us—we’ve died to them with Jesus. But we sometimes find ourselves submitting to the rules of the…

Jesus reigns supreme over all creation. All things were created through Him and for Him. He rules over the seen and the unseen—the physical and the spiritual world. From the foundation of the world, He has authority over the created realm. By defeating death, Jesus rules over it and made a way for us to…