It's easy to rely on human wisdom or skill to do ministry. But this is not the will of God for us. We may see some results, but they do not glorify God. Our desire should be to see the kingdom of God at work in people's lives.

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There is always something evil or wrong that is going on all around us. But sometimes it affects us directly or personally. How do we respond? Some people will just get mad and retaliate. Others will just keep quiet and not do anything. But as believers, we need to understand how to respond in a way that is pleasing to God.

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Prayer is the central spiritual discipline in the Christian life. Without it, we don't have any authentic relationship with God. However, prayer is also the key to deepening that relationship. We just don't pray. We learn how to pray in ever-deepening intimacy with God. In other words, we need to grow in our prayer lives as the fruit of our growing relationship with God.

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There are many things that can make us afraid in this life. Aside from the uncertainties, there are also challenges that come our way. How we wish we can be confident! But often we are anxious and afraid because these things are bigger than us. We cannot control them. So we try our best to be self-confident, but in the end, such confidence is not enough.

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As disciples of Jesus Christ, we must learn to strike the balance between action and contemplation. We must be active contemplatives or contemplatives in action. We cannot focus on one at the expense of the other. We must be active in ministry, but at the same time, we must not neglect our relationship with God. Also, we cannot spend all our time in contemplation without doing anything to serve the Lord in ministry. We must strike the proper balance.

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When you've been a believer for a long time, there is a tendency to take for granted God's presence. You no longer regard it as holy or sacred. You enter into God's presence without any preparation, assuming that all is well. In a sense, it is true that we should draw near to God with confidence because of Jesus Christ (Heb 10:19-25). But we must also remember that God is holy. Therefore, we must at least prepare ourselves before entering His presence.

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Being a disciple of Jesus is God's calling for all of us. But it is also a calling that has a definite purpose. We are to become faithful and fruitful over time through our cooperation with the Holy Spirit who is at work in us to make us willing and able to do his will. It is not simply about going through the routines and rituals of the Christian life. It's about a life of adventure and discovery of God's will as we follow Jesus each and every day.

The Christian faith is personal, but it is never individualistic. We are not meant to just follow the Lord on our own, praying and reading the Scriptures, without being connected with others in the body of Christ. God's grace is poured out not just on us individually but also when we gather together as God's people through various sacred activities. In fact, there are four sacred activities where God pours out His grace in special ways only because we are together in the presence of the Lord. To miss these activities is to miss out on the possible special outpouring of God's grace during such times.

Once you surrender your life to God, you want to live according to His ways. You want to pursue righteousness. You don't want to sin anymore. But try as hard as we can, we still sin. When that happens, we feel ashamed of ourselves. Our enemy, Satan, who is the accuser of God's people, will try to convince us to hide or to withdraw. He will remind us that we are not worthy to be part of God's people anymore. But this is not the way of the Spirit.

When one is serving the Lord, he or she can experience a lot of blessings. But, over time, those who serve God lose their focus. Without being aware of it, they become engrossed with what they are doing for the Lord that they forget the Lord Himself. The ministry becomes an idol. Eventually, they burn out because the Lord is no longer the center of what they are doing.