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Why guarding our hearts shouldn't be confused with locking out love

The best protection on offer comes from God through Christ. So instead of thinking that we have to enclose our hearts in an armour which manifests as us creating distance between ourselves and others, we should think of embracing God and His words in our heart.

Praying for healing? Here are five Bible verses to inspire you

God's healing isn't a historical event, a miracle that only happened to people long ago. He still heals. If we open up our hearts to Him, we can experience it today.

2 reasons why we need to continually say 'yes' to God

The commitment that we make to God isn't a one-off or sporadic declaration, but an action that we have to periodically repeat, a way of life. It's not always easy to say "yes" to God even if we do accept that He exists and loves us because sometimes the tasks He calls us to carry out require us to venture outside of our comfort zone.

Is your past spoiling your present? Here are 3 things you can do to find back your joy in the now

As Christians, many of us unnecessarily allow our past to taint our present. Here are three of the main ways in which we can facilitate the past negatively affecting our present.

Who do you trust? Why you're always better placing your wellbeing in God's hands

We can assign entities with the power to protect us when they're incapable of doing so. Have you overemphasised the importance of an object, idea or person's ability to keep you safe while underestimating God's power to do the same? You might have done so without realising.

Don't let summer holidays sedate your spirit: 5 ways to keep your faith alive and exciting during the holidays

Holidays offer us the potential for us to refresh but they can also be the reason that we regress. Instead of slipping into a state of spiritual sedation, use the summer to explore your faith and stay excited about it.

Feeling hard done by? Here are 6 Bible verses to restore your confidence when tempted to doubt whether God really is just

Here are six Bible verses to give you confidence that even in a world where there are so many cases of injustice both personal and close to home and those suffered by people thousands of miles away from us, God reigns supreme and so does His justice.

7 Bible verses on the spectacular changes we can expect after accepting Jesus into our hearts

The person you are now, the person you're becoming as you journey with Christ is a far cry from the person you were before you accepted him into your heart.

Got a brother or sister who's driving your round the bend? Here are 7 Bible verses to remind you of the preciousness of sibling love

Our siblings can drive us round the bend. Whether it's sibling rivalry â that never-ending battle to prove who's better â or stealing our things, starting with our toys and then working their way up to our wardrobe - siblings have a way of winding us up like no one else.

How God's grace has the power to stop Christians from being lazy

Lazy Christians. I don't think God ever wanted those two words to be in the same sentence, but the reality is that there are a lot of Christians today who choose to be lazy - lazy at work, lazy with their faith, lazy with their relationships.

4 toxic cultures that can ruin the good soil in churches and how we can battle them

Every organisation is embedded with a culture that is an outcome of what people do, how people think, multiplied by a certain period of time. Some church cultures can be empowering and conducive for growing ministries while others can stunt the growth of the church and of the people.

5 things Christ-centred families do more often than others