by Andy Steen | Mar 6, 2019 | Children, Christian Living, Daily Life, Family, Gospel
Worship at church is easy. The music, the Bible reading, everything is done for you! But worshiping our God isn’t something reserved just for Sundays. Let’s talk about DIY worship, or family worship. There are few things you can do together as a family that are...
by Andy Steen | Feb 13, 2019 | Christian Living, Daily Life, Faith, Prayer, Sovereignty of God, Surrender
I know God can do it, but will he? This is often where faith often comes to roost for me. I’ve read about God parting the Red Sea, about how he fed Elijah by ravens, about how he shut the lions’ mouths and how he opened the prison doors for Peter. I believe these...
by Andy Steen | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Commitment, Community, Daily Life, Heaven, Obedience, Perseverance, Spiritual Warfare
In our yard we have many squirrels. I have observed on more than one occasion that there is rarely just one squirrel on the lawn looking for acorns or trying to outwit my bird feeder. Instead, there are four or five of them out there. I have also observed predators...
by Andy Steen | Oct 18, 2018 | Daily Life, Prayer, Sovereignty of God, Trust
What does it mean when you pray for something and don’t get what you want? What does it mean when God’s answer is “no”? The apostle Paul knew what this is like. God had allowed a thorn in his flesh to torment him. Despite asking God three times to remove this...
by Andy Steen | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog, Prayer
God made us to be both thinking and feeling creatures. While both our minds and our emotions have been affected by the fall, our emotions in particular have a tendency to undercut the assurance that truth should provide. We need not dismiss our feelings (they are...