Growing Faith: 2 Thessalonians 1:3-5 (Devotional from In Touch Ministries) God’s desire is that we grow in faith as we walk with Him. Faith is not merely a one-time event through which we were saved; rather, it’s a continuous way of life from the point of salvation forward. Ideally, the longer we live, the greater our confidence in God should become. God wants our confidence in Him to grow so we’ll depend on Him more and more. Our degree of faith in the Lord affects every area of our life—our...

When we look at the New Testament, it always connects our doctrine, what we believe with our deeds, what we do. What we believe has to impact how we behave and what we do. Faith without deeds is dead. Paul spends the first 3 chapters of Ephesians laying out many glorious theological truths before he applies it in chapters 4-6. He does the same thing in Romans 1-11, before the practical instructions in chapter 12. So, it is vitally important that we understand who God is, who we are, and what...

Have you ever used a tool for something other than what it was designed to be used for? Sometimes, a little improvisation is the best...