Crisis drives people to take spiritual inventory. During this crisis, and in our whole lives, we should be proactive in pursuing the disciplines of solitude, Bible reading, prayer, and meditation. The post Spiritual Disciplines: The Great Gain of Training in Godliness appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

While pressure merely reveals character, the gospel shapes it. Do not live in a spirit of fear or divisiveness, but in humility and boldness cling to the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The post The Gospel Virus And How It Spreads During Troubling Times appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

Our worry is directly related to our understanding of eternity. Have you developed a sense of an eternal value system? Because once you do, it dilutes any sense of worry and fear. The post Mind Your Heart, Part 3: Fear and Worry appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

Everybody is suffering with some kind of shame, so we've got to find people we are safe with—people who love you no matter what and take you to the gospel. Those who are in Christ can know that there is now no condemnation. The post Mind Your Heart, Part 2: Shame and the Gospel appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

Shame is the fear of not being accepted, of being found out, of being discovered. Like Adam and Eve, we want to hide in our shame. But even though life isn't safe, Jesus is. The post Mind Your Heart, Part 1: What Is Shame? appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

You are living in a context that is sending you messages about life, God, yourself, and much more. It takes no effort to be influenced by culture, but as believers, only Jesus should be allowed to shape our identity. The post Conformed or Transformed: Discerning the Times as We Follow Jesus, Part 2 appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

If you are a follower of Jesus, then you are not your own. He cannot be a nice addition on the structure of the lives that we have built. He needs to be the foundation of all. The post Conformed or Transformed: Discerning the Times as We Follow Jesus, Part 1 appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

To not follow Jesus is to miss out on being part of the eternal, magnificent, unexplainable kingdom of God, where everything is different than we would expect. Everyone has a platform in His kingdom, so we must get away from the mentality that there are only certain types of important people. The post The Cost of Not Following Jesus, Part 5 appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

A cost of not following Jesus is that you will attempt to find truth, peace, and righteousness through your own self. The Sermon on the Mount reveals that none of those are possible outside of life in the kingdom of God. The post The Cost of Not Following Jesus, Part 4 appeared first on Reston Bible Church.

The kingdom of God is His universal sovereign rule over all time and all situations in all of history. A cost of not following Jesus is being outside of His kingdom and missing out on its eternal benefits. The post The Cost of Not Following Jesus, Part 3 appeared first on Reston Bible Church.