Nothing good in life is easy. Good things come with great effort. This is true of many things, including prayer.

Growing up, I was the youngest of five siblings—three boys, two girls. My brother, Kenny, five years my senior, was an ...

In today's Making Disciples Letter, Al Stanford describes the steps to accepting Jesus' grace and being saved.

Danny Gokey explained how inviting the Holy Spirit into your life will change everything and encouraged people to allow ...

Jesus had to reassure His disciples before he left them that it was expedient for Him to go but He would not leave them as orphans but I will send you a Helper (John 14:18). He was referring to the ...

So, let us be clear: Asthma is a disease that affects the whole body, but it begins in certain organs. Everyone suffers, but ...

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Imagine walking through life without the Holy Spirit. No inner guide. No advocate. No quiet voice in your spirit convicting ...

“Dear friends, a bishop is a witness to hope by his example of a life firmly grounded in God and completely devoted to the ...

The Rev Skip Heitzig, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, delivered a passionate call for ...

Christians celebrated the Feast of Pentecost, when we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ followers when he ...

One of them joked, “If the Holy Spirit ever showed up in there, someone would call the fire department.” Needless to say, we had a good time, and later that evening my face was sore from laughing.