New year promise: His unchanging presence
As we turn the page on the past year and enter into the new year, with all its promise and hope, uncertainties and unknowns, we can expect to experience change. The world... »
Maria Fontaine
Maria Fontaine is a Christian author and retired co-director of the Family International, a Christian online network dedicated to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She is the author of numerous articles on the Christian faith life.
Christmas love, joy, and promise
Every year at Christmas, Christians the world over commemorate the wonders of the event of Jesus’ birth and how its impact has influenced the world and changed the course... »
God remembers
God loves us—eternally and unconditionally—and He remembers every expression of our love for Him. He keeps track of our faithfulness to Him and the teachings in His Word,... »
Out of our comfort zone
We all have our comfort zone, the circumstances that we’re comfortable with or the people that we’ve learned to interact with easily and without much conscious effort. Th... »
Sharing the Good News
The most important thing when it comes to your witness is your love for Jesus and the lost, and having the faith that the Lord will work through you as you reach out to s... »
Not willing that any should perish
God’s great love and grace reaches out to all His creations, and He didn’t create some people that He loves less and others that He loves more. He didn’t label people of... »
The results
Even when you don’t see the results of your witness right away, God has promised that His Word will not return unto Him void; it will accomplish His purpose (Isaiah 55:11... »
Making a masterpiece
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” (Ephesians 2:10 NLT). When the life of a f... »
The school of life
Life is often likened to going to school, and that’s a good analogy. God allows all sorts of things to happen in our lives to test us, to see how we’ll react to them, to... »
Our identity in Christ
What makes up our identity? We are born into this world with many traits, such as gender, ethnicity, nationality, and various strengths and weaknesses. Our culture and en... »
Priorities
If today was your last day of life and you knew it, how much time would you spend on things that are insignificant in the scope of eternity? Your minutes would be extreme... »
Faith Now and Forever
We can go through life and miss some of the things that God is trying to teach us if we don’t intentionally seek to learn from God. Some things are obvious, but others ar... »
Communion Through Worship
When we dwell on the goodness of God, His goodness surrounds us and pervades our thoughts and attitudes. When we think faith-filled thoughts and speak faith-filled words,... »