Just as a bulldozer reshapes rugged land, God uses trials to transform us, uprooting deep-seated sins. This process may be painful, but it paves the way for His Kingdom to flourish within us. Remember, the push of God’s bulldozer in your life signals a divine transformation.

One of Satan's primary tools to discourage you is to get you overly focused on how the strong have fallen and then cover over their virtues.

Jesus isn't telling you to disregard your physical needs. The emphasis here is for you not to let them dominate your thought life. But then, how are you expected to navigate your earthly existence without getting ensnared by worldly cares?

Many people struggle with envy as they look at where others have been planted, wishing they would have been planted in that particular spot. Believing that if they could have had those other circumstances, their spiritual growth would have been more abundant.

In His overwhelming desire to commune with us, God, the Creator of all, stepped down from heaven to dwell among us. His pursuit is not of rigid religiosity but of intimate relationship. Consider His grace - He saved us not by our works, but His, echoing His eternal love for us.

One of our primary problems with deception is that our own hearts can be used against us. How many times have you heard it said, "Just follow your heart"? The world is constantly promoting this message.

In seeking first the Kingdom of God, you will find yourself swimming upstream against the current of this world and its principles.

The concept of your involvement in Kingdom warfare can be challenging and hard to understand because Jesus has already won the victory.

As followers of Christ, we are participants in spiritual warfare, whether we like it or not. Our enemy’s primary goal is to hinder our spiritual growth, confuse our understanding of the truth of our identity and position in Christ, and mess up our relationship with God.

When you come to Jesus for salvation, everything about you changes in the spiritual world, and you're given a new life (Rom. 5:18).

Do you sense the constant hum of activity like an earthquake as a plethora of reminders, text messages, and notifications barrage you for immediate attention? The success-driven world you live in is constantly urging you to strive for more, give more, and buy the latest and greatest whatever that will make your life easier.

Kingdom living can be a life filled with ups and downs, highs and lows. In following Jesus, it is inevitable that we will run into obstacles

When we live under the Kingdom authority rule of Jesus, God is always meticulously weaving and intertwining all the threads of everything and everybody together, crafting a beautiful narrative for those living in His Kingdom.

One of our greatest struggles in Kingdom living is when our God-given desires go haywire on us. We see this in the battle between agape love and lust. These two contrasting foes are constantly waging war within our souls.

What the devil wants to use to destroy you, God wants to use to develop you. 

What the world around you sees as usual, typical, or expected is outside the parameters of what the Kingdom of God views as "normal." 

So many people in this world are searching for "the meaning of life." This means they're trying to make sense of life. They're looking for something to make them feel significant and give them an identity.

Has the road ever gotten so rough that it felt like it was beating the very life right out of you? Well, that might just be designed by God.

Our greatest problem as Christians is not that we love the wrong things, but that we love the right things in the wrong order.

You must understand that the same waves the devil wants to destroy you with are the same waves God wants to develop you with.