How Good Must You Be for God to Love You?

How Good Must You Be for God to Love You?

“How good must you be for God to love you?” Ever have that question come to your mind? It came to the mind of a friend of Guidelines who wrote and asked if God performs plastic surgery of the heart to take away the scars of childhood. The listener told of...
Jesus, The Author and Finisher of our Faith

Jesus, The Author and Finisher of our Faith

Last year on Good Friday, I was awakened with the thought that I should look up Hebrews 9:6. So I opened my Bible and read, Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services. I wondered...
3 Guidelines to Trusting God More

3 Guidelines to Trusting God More

A century ago John Stockton wrote, “Only trust Him, only trust Him, Only trust Him now; He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.”  Yet following the advice of Stockton is not always easy.  It is easier to do it ourselves, to trust our...
How to Begin Building Your Financial Future

How to Begin Building Your Financial Future

A lot of our issues with regard to money are behavioral in nature. Reading a ‘how to’ finance book or even attending a seminar is never a guarantee that it will put you on a path toward financial freedom. It always starts with a decision and that decision is done on a...
What Does It Mean for God to Bear Our Burdens?

What Does It Mean for God to Bear Our Burdens?

The barrier that keeps us from prayer is not whether or not we think God is strong enough to help us, but whether we are humble enough to bow the knee and admit that we need help. Many of us, however, distance ourselves from God, wondering if He is really interested...