Links For The Church (8/19)

by Staff August 19, 2019

Welcoming Single Parents

Wendy Alsup writes about how the church can see and care for single parents in their congregations. She writes that the goal is incorporation and that the community would be a part of the family as well. 

Don’t Use ‘Calling’ to Avoid Serving

Do you use "calling" as an opportunity to avoid serving in less-than-glamorous ways? You may not be aware that this is what you're doing, but Kevin Yi shares warnings about this kind of thinking.

The Importance Of Teaching Our Children To Love The Vulnerable

"Jesus left the glory of heaven to put himself into the proximity of the hurting, to the vulnerable, to the marginalized because he loved with a perfect love." – Jessica Burke

How to Pray in Spiritual Warfare

Iain Duguid writes that prayer is more than just an opportunity to cry for help. Prayer is an overflow of our love for God and our security in our relationship with Him. Iain shares how to pray when we feel spiritually oppressed. 

How does God's Word impact our prayers?

God invites His children to talk with Him, yet our prayers often become repetitive and stale. How do we have a real conversation with God? How do we come to know Him so that we may pray for His will as our own?

In the Bible, God speaks to us as His children and gives us words for prayer—to praise Him, confess our sins, and request His help in our lives.

We’re giving away a free eBook copy of Praying the Bible, where Donald S. Whitney offers practical insight to help Christians talk to God with the words of Scripture.