Category: Editorials
AYC 2019 Testimonies – Lacy Young
On July 7th 2018, I was at a crossroad in my life. This was potentially the last church service I was going to go to. I was in such a dark place in my mind. I felt so confused, lonely, and forgotten by God. I couldn’t see the direction that God wanted me to go…. View Article
Finding God’s Will
Imagine going to class on your first day of school and not being told how you were going to be graded. You go back the next day and your teacher doesn’t give you syllabus for the whole school year. Not knowing what they expect of you would be very frustrating. Now, imagine that scenario between… View Article
Training Ground
Have you ever found yourself in a pit? In a place where your pain progressively mounts into what the Bible accurately acknowledges as “great distress”? Perhaps you feel as though your efforts are being continually swept away or even discarded like unwanted remnants. Maybe you’ve grown accustomed to the situation that you find yourself in… View Article
Developing a Prayer Life
Prayer is a spiritual matter and we must understand that our flesh is naturally disinclined to do spiritual things. Paul described this dilemma between our flesh and our spirit in one of his epistles, “For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the… View Article
Becoming Nothing
A well-known minister shared a story how one night he laid on the floor of a bathroom and cried out to the Lord because of how inadequate he felt. With high hopes that the Lord was going to give him a “word of encouragement,” the minister cried out, “God! I’m a sinner!” To which the… View Article