I was blessed recently to minister to the First Nations people of Alberta.  In fact, the team that lead worship at the church I was speaking at were these people.  I was amazed at the sound that came from their hearts.  I heard their voices but also felt their prayers...

When we are new in Christ we often put demands on our service to God.  We will say things like “God I will serve you but I need to have the woman or man of my dreams first, or I need live in a certain city, with a certain income, in a certain job, in a certain house, w...

I'm starting to understand more and more all of the time the power of the cross.  1 Corinthians 1:23 says, "but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness."   Many Christian instructors would try to put the cross to the side...