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 ...

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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 Spirit-empowered evangelism during the European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin.

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.

Some cardinals use Holy Spirit-accessing rituals that sound a bit like cognitive behavioral therapy. Pope Benedict XVI said it’s more like a “good educator” who doesn’t pick the pope but ...