Return to me, and I will return to you.—Malachi 3:7.
God made two wonderful promises to believers. First, they will be mine indicates a special relationship to God—part of his spiritual family (John 1:12). Followers of the true God are precious to him, like treasures of gold and silver (Exod. 19:5; 1 Chr. 29:3; Eccl. 2:8). Believers should never feel unloved or insignificant. Second, God would spare them from the wrath to come (4:1).
Young people today are nothing like they were just a few decades ago. They are so difficult to read, to know what they are thinking, or to know what they will do from one moment to the next. Parents believe that they know their children, but thanks to electronics and the internet, it is so easy for them to have a whole other world, living two different lives.
“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.—1 Cor. 10:23.
While our personal decisions in life are certainly personal, we must keep in mind, if they stumble another Christian, we could be held accountable. Thus, if we exercise our freedom to something and know another in the church would disagree with this, we can choose to not share our choice with him or her.
The cold hard truth is, we cannot be forced into rehabilitation, it must come from within us, and it must be something that we want to do. Even if there are incentives to take rehabilitative programs within the …
Submit therefore to God. Stand against the devil and he will flee from you. (James 4:7)
How can Christians receive the grace of God mentioned in verse 6? They can do so by …
Adolescence has long been characterized as a time of stress, turmoil, and rebellion against parents and society. Granville Stanley Hall was one of the first to formulate a theory explaining adolescent behavior with the publication of Adolescence in 1904.
