Author: Kirstyn Mayden

This isn’t always an easy truth to accept, but God shows His love for you by disciplining you. It doesn’t feel much like love at the time, but it’s true. Now, I’m not talking about a heartless punishment, but discipline, as to correct, guide, and lead in the right direction. Hebrews 12:6-7 says: “For the Read more

When you love someone, you want to spend all the time in the world with them. As my husband and I fell in love in college, we would spend so much time together and spend countless hours on the phone when we were apart. Throughout the scriptures, we see God’s call to just be with Read more

God shows His love by the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, so that we may have a relationship with Him. John 15:13 says: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” (‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬) This gift of love holds so much value. God considers us worth Read more

You know that feeling like something is missing, or what life has to offer is not enough? Yeah, that’s God showing you His love. Wait, what? Yes, a deep longing for more in life is God showing you His love, as He is not allowing the things of this world to fill you so that Read more

God is love. Jesus loves you. Love wins. All these cliches sound good, but they do not impact our lives unless we believe that God loves us and then act like we are, in fact, loved by God. Our challenge is that we don’t always feel that God loves us. 1 John 4:19 tells us:  “We Read more

When we visualize the breastplate in a suit of armor, what does it cover? It covers the chest, protecting all the vital organs, especially the heart. The enemy knows that if he can get to your heart, he can control everything else. If he can control your feelings, emotions, and beliefs, he can push you Read more

With any worldly pleasure at our fingertips, it’s easy to lose focus on Christ. But let’s not be deceived into thinking easy means better. 1 John 2:17 reminds us:  “And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.” (ESV) The easy things of this world Read more

What will suffocate your passion for God more than anything? Idols. Now, don’t assume idols are only the golden calves we read about in the Bible. We still have idols today. They just look different. An idol is anything or anybody we place before God. An idol is anything we place our faith in other Read more

To protect themselves from spiritual warfare, the Apostle Paul writes believers in Ephesians 6:17 to “Take the helmet of salvation.” (ESV) A soldier’s helmet, at the time of Paul, would have been made of leather and studded with metal for extra protection. Sometimes these helmets would have some sort of extra design on them to signify the Read more

In a race, the last thing you want to do is look back. Doing so takes your eye off the finish line, and it causes you to get off track. To win, a runner needs to stay focused on what’s ahead. The same is true for our relationship with God. The apostle Paul says in Read more