“I hate homework. My back hurts. I don’t want to go to practice. This class is hard. My parents are annoying. I don’t wanna go to work,” said almost everyone at some point in their life. We complain all the time without even thinking, but what if we stopped and thought about what we said?  I know this may not seem like a shock to most of you reading this, but complaining is a sin (Philippians 2:14). Every time we say we don’t like something or wish something didn’t happen, we are essentially...

John 17:14-16: “Be in the world, but not of the world.” We often hear this phrase in sermons, devotionals and even some secular media saying, “Be different.” As Christians, we know this has a deeper meaning than just simply “Be different.” We are called to stand out. Or, as Romans 12:2a would put it, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” A question we all must ask ourselves is this: Why do we compromise? Is it because of peer pressure?...

illustration by Ashleigh Ward Philippians 4:6 says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,...