Author: Kirstyn Mayden

The enemy can’t force you to sin, but he sure will encourage you to do so. Even Jesus was tempted. This was the enemy’s attempt to prevent Jesus from fulfilling His ministry. Not every temptation is a spiritual attack. We can be led away by our own evil desires (James 1:14), but the enemy will Read more

Contentment is not a natural character trait that only some people have, but instead a learned practice. You get to choose joy. The point of practicing a discipline is to get better each step, each try. It means to keep at it to make progress. The Apostle Paul wrote: “I am not saying this because Read more

As Christians, we have a level of faith in God but can often lack the trust to allow God to lead our lives. We can believe God exists and that He is powerful but surrendering to God to allow His power into our lives is often a stumbling block for many believers. So what are Read more

I saw a quote the other day on social media that said “The devil saw me with my head down and thought he won, until I said ‘amen.’” Prayer is one of the greatest weapons God has given believers to combat the enemy. If you look at Ephesians 6:10- 20, the Apostle Paul outlines for Read more

We can see how prayer grants us power from God as we look at the words of Jesus in Mark 11:23-24. He says:  “Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will Read more

The enemy may not be able to cause you to fall into temptation, so instead, he may distract you. He doesn’t need you to sin to get you off course. He simply may get you to focus on something other than Christ. It doesn’t have to be a sin, as long as the focus of Read more

I absolutely love the story of the sinful woman in Luke 7. In this chapter, we read of Jesus eating at the home of a religious leader. While there, a sinful woman enters, anoints Jesus’ feet with perfume, wets his feet with her tears, and wipes them with her hair. Those eating with Jesus mentally Read more

King David was very wealthy, yet over and over again in the Psalms, He talks about meditating on God’s truth, thinking on God’s Word, and seeking God alone. Listen to what he wrote in Psalm 73: 25-26. He says: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire Read more

When the truth of God is not our foundation, we start looking to this world for answers, we start trying to do things in our own strength, or relying on others to do for us what only God was meant to do. We’ll constantly find ourselves feeling inadequate, disappointed, and betrayed. James says this person Read more

If God would sacrifice His own Son to secure our eternity with Him, surely He is trustworthy to handle our today and tomorrow. Romans 8:32 reminds us: “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Romans Read more