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  But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 ESV) By the…

Training in Righteousness - The Bible doesn’t just point out where we’re wrong and leave us there. It also tells us how to get right with God, with others, and with ourselves. God’s Word equips us to live pleasing to God, like training a child. Just as parents work with their children over the years to train them in various social graces, morals, relational skills, and useful habits, so God, through His Word, trains us in all areas of life so that we can know what pleases Him.

by Leigh-Ann Brisbin, CVC Women\'s Director Too often we think of prayer only as our utterances to the Lord and forget or negate the significance of being still and knowing Him. We have not taken enough time, or time at all, to listen for His voice as He reveals Himself and His truth to us.   …

Praying scripture is vital in our prayer life. There is significance and power of hiding God\'s word in our heart. It teaches us to depend on God....

I have a definition I can relate to - a prayer of consecration is a prayer of setting myself apart to God to be used for His purposes. On contemplating this, I realized that my sincerity in wanting to be consecrated/set apart to God is in relationship to my knowing God.

by Louise Moyer, CVC Attender “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name” is how Jesus tells us to start our prayers (Matthew 6:9).  Jesus calls us into His family to be a beloved child of the Father to hallow His name.  Edward M. Bounds states in his book The Reality of Prayer, that Jesus…

When I became a Christian as a teenager, praying felt new and awkward… like a junior higher trying to dance with a girl at his first dance. Am I praying right? Am I using the right words? Did I ask hard enough? How come God’s not doing the whole “poof” here’s your answered prayer like a genie from a lamp.

Prayer, which is the act of communing with God, is one major way of demonstrating our dependency on Him.

We need to take the baton of the gospel from Paul and the early church, run our leg of the race, and pass it successfully to the next generation is if we are daily empowered by the Holy Spirit. Only then we will be bold, effective, and passionate in our evangelism. Only then we will be…

by Jessica Hawk Have you ever heard of MOMtourage? MOMtourage is a place of belonging and becoming for mothers to experience authentic community, safety, freedom and affirmation in their journey of motherhood so that they can be sent out to love and serve their families well. It\'s specifically for mothers who are expecting their first child in…

We are so grateful to each of your for you commitment to His work and your service to Building Hope in the City.

The morning after we arrived on Pearl Island, T (our local missionary who lives there) took us to a remote village on the northern edge of the island. He hadn’t been there himself, so it was a new experience for all of us....