by Mark Lamprecht | Discipleship, Empathy, Encouragement, Sanctification
f you would just forgive yourself, dear fellow Christian, you could move past whatever is hurting you – whatever is keeping you from healing. I have heard the call to the concept of forgiving yourself in various Christian settings from the pulpit to the pew to...
by Mark Lamprecht | Discipleship, Encouragement, Sanctification
ave you ever been in an intimate setting with fellow Christians sharing prayer requests and you have no prayer requests? I have. I’ve given the ole, “Everything is great!” response many times in the past. I suppose at the time that everything was...
by Mark Lamprecht | Discipleship, Encouragement, Sanctification
y wife and I were driving to dinner, I was complaining, then she said 5 words that left me in a dead stare. I was complaining about someone’s last minute imposition on us and the decision I had to make. I wanted to say yes and I wanted to say no. Maybe someone else...
by Mark Lamprecht | Discipleship, Encouragement
hristians, are you looking for ways to get better at evangelism? Have you tried all of the popular methods? Most of them? Are you still at a loss? I do not know exactly what it means to get better at evangelism. As Christians, we know that we do not save anyone. God...
by Mark Lamprecht | Discipleship, Encouragement, Sanctification
ellow Christian, do you love God? Do you love the Triune God of the Bible – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit? Jesus said the first and greatest commandment is “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and...
by Mark Lamprecht | Discipleship, Encouragement
hen the Bible speaks, Jesus speaks. In fact, depending on which translation you use, a Bible search for the phrase “Jesus said” turns up as many as 158 times. I do not know of any other places other than the Bible where Jesus’ words and teachings...