Are you going to conquer your diet or let it conquer you? (iStock photo) by Steve Siebold, author of Die Fat or Get Tough: 101 Differences in Thinking Between Fat People and Fit People and Fat Loser! Mental Toughness Training for Dieters. With an obesity epidemic that is out of control, getting healthy is one of the most important things you can do. […]

by Lisa Bevere Author of Girls with Swords: How to Carry Your Cross Like a Hero. Imagine you are blindfolded in the middle of a battlefield. The deafening sounds of explosions are drowning out the shouts of direction from those around you. From where you stand, all you perceive is that there is a war against you. Without vision or […]

Are you running away from your prophetic destiny? (Lightstock ) Are you a prophet on the run? Are you running away from your assignment to speak the word of the Lord? Are you running from the presence of the Lord? Are you hiding? You can run, but you cannot hide from God. The Lord is calling the Jonahs. You will […]

Consistent discipline has been touted as the key to raising godly children. Yet here's what's missing from that line of thinking. (iStockPhoto | Kevin Russ) "Consistency is overrated." I love that statement! "That is the most freeing statement I've heard in a long time." That's what one mom said when we freed her from the guilt she experienced because she […]

Heart issues don't have to be immovable mountains. (Flickr) There is a tremendous shaking, sifting and shifting happening right now across the body of Christ. The heat of the season and the pressure that has come with it is bringing a lot of "dross" to the surface in many hearts. Last night as I was falling asleep I heard the […]

EMS OF ECWA PRAISE & PRAYER, OCTOBER 2015 Prayer/Counseling hotline: 08033673654, 08051614880 E-mail: prayerpromotion@emsofecwa.org Website: www.emsofecwa.org Brethren, pray for us (1 Thess. 5:25)   WEEK ONE-FOCUS ON PRAISE/THANKSGIVING “Give unto the Lord the Glory due unto His Name; worship the lord in the beauty of his holiness” (Ps.29:2)   THURSDAY 1ST Thank God for the successful prayer and fasting for […]

Men, what are you looking for in your local church? (Lightstock file photo) I am often asked, "Why are the men leaving the church today?" Sometimes it comes out as, "What can we do to keep the men of this church?" or "How can our church reach more men?" There is no easy answer, but in this article I would like […]

Paul the apostle shared scriptural principles to put anxiety under your feet. (iStockPhoto) I was sitting in the center of the long room, at one of the fancy new electric typewriters. It was a timed typing test in my first semester of typing class. She said go, and I could not keep up. In one of my finest moments, I […]

Robert Levy (l) and Graham Power     A lot is said these days about Christian businessmen and ministry in the marketplace. Entire ministries have grown up focused on this. We featured this topic as the cover story in the most recent issue of Ministry Today magazine.   This is a story about a different type of marketplace ministry—more than […]

When it comes to immigrants, Donald Trump simply doesn't get it. (Reuters file photo)     This week I preached at a pastors' conference in Brookings, South Dakota. Before I arrived I assumed the sponsoring church, Holy Life Tabernacle, would be a mostly white congregation, since South Dakota is 82 percent white. But, when I walked into the Sunday service, […]