Author: Joe MarquezDiscipline, Correction, and GrowthWise People Welcome CorrectionEveryone wants to grow, but few people enjoy being corrected.We want stronger marriages, deeper friendships, healthier churches, wiser decisions, and greater spiritual maturity. But we often resist the very thing God uses to produce that growth: correction.Suburban culture trains us to avoid discomfort. We arrange o...

Author: Joe MarquezDecision-Making and GuidanceTrusting God With Every DecisionEvery day, we make hundreds of decisions. Some feel small—what should I eat, what should I buy, how should I spend my evening?Others feel much bigger:Should I take this job?Should we move?Should we buy this house?Should we enter this relationship?Most of us want God’s guidance for the big decisions. We want Him involved...

Author: Ryan TirenPride vs. HumilityPride or Humility? The Path You're ChoosingPride rarely announces itself. It quietly convinces us that we're doing just fine—that we don't need help, correction, or even God in certain areas of our lives. But Proverbs gives a sobering warning: "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18).The real danger of pride is that we...

We Were Not Meant to Walk AloneFriendships matter more than we realize.The Bible says in Genesis 2:18“It is not good that the man should be alone.”Yes, that passage is speaking directly about marriage. But I don’t think it’s limited to marriage. It reveals something deeper about human design.We were not created to live alone.And yet, loneliness is quietly becoming one of the great struggles of our...

Jesus Trusted the FatherI’ve been fascinated lately with one particular aspect of the gospel of Jesus.It’s almost all I’ve been thinking about these past few weeks.It’s this idea that Jesus trusted the Father — even in wrath.That’s a wild thing to sit with.Jesus knew there was a price to be paid.He knew there had to be death in order for life to come.He knew there had to be suffering for hope to r...

Pain is interesting.It can push you forward…or keep you stuck.It can lead you toward healing…or quietly make things worse.It can bring you into reality…or tempt you to escape into fantasy.But one thing pain never does is allow you to do nothing.There is always a response to pain.Jesus came to rescue, redeem, and ultimately relieve us from the sting of death. And yet, we’re not in heaven yet. We li...