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Spiritual check-up: How to identify weak areas in your spiritual life
Spiritual check-up: How to identify weak areas in your spiritual life

While we shouldn't obsess over our spiritual growth, it's essential that we keep an eye on which areas are strong, which are weak and how we can work to maintain and improve them respectively. Even if we're churchgoing, Bible reading and believing Christians, we still need to check in every once in a while. Here are three ways we can do just that.

7 Bible verses to restore your faith in justice
7 Bible verses to restore your faith in justice

Here are seven Bible verses to restore your faith in justice, remind you of how God values it and why you should too.

Why an offended person is hard to win
Why an offended person is hard to win

It's very difficult to win the favor and affection of a person who is offended, even if he is a Christian.

What to do when you expected the best but received the worst
What to do when you expected the best but received the worst

There are times when after preparing and doing all that you can do for the best possible outcome of any endeavor, something goes wrong and the worst happens.

Reality check: What to do when fantasy disguised as \'faith\' meddles with reality
Reality check: What to do when fantasy disguised as 'faith' meddles with reality

Without wisdom and boundaries that come from the Word of God, even Christians tend to believe in the wrong things.

How your spouse can help you become a better Christ-follower
How your spouse can help you become a better Christ-follower

God gave you your spouse because that person there, beautiful and wonderfully created by the Lord, is the person that will help you achieve what God wants you to achieve.

3 ways to know if you\'re living under the enemy\'s oppression
3 ways to know if you're living under the enemy's oppression

The enemy loves to sneak in and take our freedom in Christ away from us. If you've realized that you are somehow being oppressed in some way, seek to be free to live for God alone.

Communion\'s importance? It\'s a reminder of our salvation through God\'s grace and mercy
Communion's importance? It's a reminder of our salvation through God's grace and mercy

Communion, or the breaking of bread, is a beautiful act of worship that all believers must understand. It's more than just a church ordinance, because it brings us back to the time when we were powerfully saved from our sins.

Fatigue? How to prevent weariness in doing good
Fatigue? How to prevent weariness in doing good

Most of us experience a level of fatigue even when what we are doing is good and rewarding.

People who have had near-death experiences often come back to share stories of God\'s love, expert says
People who have had near-death experiences often come back to share stories of God's love, expert says

Dr. Jeffrey Long, a physician specialising in radiation oncology, gathered stories of hundreds of people who went through near-death experiences, and made an inspiring discovery: many of them come back to share stories of God's love.

\'Dark Souls\' 3 DLC release date news: Devs promise to address poise stat issue soon
'Dark Souls' 3 DLC release date news: Devs promise to address poise stat issue soon

The poise stat in the DLC is something that was supposed to allow new players to accept massive hits without dying, but it appeared to be useless in the new game.

5 defences you can have in times of temptation
5 defences you can have in times of temptation

God is such a good Father, He didn't leave His children defenceless in times of war and battle

3 reasons why we should be careful with our words
3 reasons why we should be careful with our words

Words are very powerful. The Bible says that our tongues have "the power of life and death," (see Proverbs 18:21) and in fact this is true.

Why you shouldn\'t be a \'payday Christian\'
Why you shouldn't be a 'payday Christian'

If you will live excited only for the payday amount so that you can buy this and do this or that, you will miss out on what God has in store for you!

\'Even if he does not\': How to trust God in the furnace
'Even if he does not': How to trust God in the furnace

Our faith in God and his goodness is not dependent on him doing this one thing for us now.

Don\'t go with the flow: 3 ways to avoid becoming a coasting Christian
Don't go with the flow: 3 ways to avoid becoming a coasting Christian

If we only act out of obligation and never out of inspiration, we risk becoming Christians who only coast along through our faith journey. Faith is nothing without works. But we need to be wary that we don't end up viewing our spiritual life like a to-do list – mindlessly doing the right things just to check boxes.