In his classic devotional book, My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers refers to what he calls “the ministry of the interior.” This ministry is the self work each person must do after receiving Christ in order to become more Christlike. It is the process of sanctification causing us to be conformed to the image of Christ from the inside out. Chambers describes it as a partnership between our inner selves and the Holy Spirit.

Are we ready to “launch out into the priestly work of prayer?” Chambers asks. "The goal is to be free from our Christian self-centered focus and embrace the “robust, simple life of the child of God.”¹

The ministry of the interior requires much of us. It requires us to do ...

You’ve probably heard your pastor declare that believers are to be “in the world but not of the world.” What does that phrase “in the world but not of the world” mean? The term “world” has a number of definitions: lost people on the planet (John 3:16), the planet itself (terra firma) (Romans 8:22), and the Satanic value system embraced by the lost (1 John 2:15-17). The first part of the phrase, “in the world,” means believers swim in  the same water as the unsaved. Until we go home to Jesus, we are pilgrims and aliens on earth. We are just passing through. Our true home is heaven.

The latter part of the phrase, “of the world,” means that we do not embrace the ungodly ...

With the advent of summer wedding season, a young man’s thoughts turn to love. After all, his roommates are getting married. His best friend is getting married. Maybe he should do the same or at least be thinking about it. The second question which comes to mind (the first being, “do you have someone in mind to marry?”) is, “how do you know if you’re in love with this person?” Here are seven clear, biblical signs that indicate you are truly in love with this person.

1. Attraction. There is an attraction to this person. You find this person attractive, yes, even beautiful. This may sound like a given, but it isn’t. Many aren’t attracted to the person rather they are attracted to the power, ...
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Are you a snarky person? What’s a snarky person? A snarky person is one who gives a sarcastic, cutting, or biting response to questions or makes critical, cutting remarks about someone or something. Yes, snarky is a real word. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “Some have questioned whether snarky is a real word. There can be no doubt that it is; the adjective has been recorded in English since 1906. Its original meaning, “crotchety, snappish,” has largely been overtaken, however, by the far more frequently-encountered sense “sarcastic, impertinent or irreverent.”

Some learned to be snarky by growing up in families which made snarky remarks regularly and put others down by belittling them. For ...