WORDS OF
THE FAITH.

To remain connected to Jesus the way a branch stays joined to a vine — not by straining, but by staying. Jesus says fruit in a Christian’s life comes from abiding in Him, not from effort apart from Him.

John 15:4–5Read more

The settled confidence that you belong to God. Scripture says believers can know they have eternal life — resting not on how they feel on a given day, but on what Jesus has done and promised.

1 John 5:13Read more

The new spiritual life God gives someone who trusts in Jesus. It is not self-improvement but a new identity: the old has gone and the new has come, and growth flows out of who you now are.

John 3:3; 2 Corinthians 5:17Read more

God’s purpose for a person’s life. Much of it is already plain in Scripture — love God, love people, make disciples — and the specific next step is usually found by faithfully doing what is already in front of you.

Ephesians 2:10Read more

The Holy Spirit’s specific, hopeful prompting to turn from a sin and back to God. It differs from condemnation, which is vague, crushing and says you are beyond help — and which Scripture says no longer applies to those in Christ.

Romans 8:1; John 16:8Read more

A partial fast modelled on Daniel, who ate no choice food, meat or wine for three weeks while seeking God. Instead of giving up all food, you set aside certain foods for a set time.

Daniel 10:3Read more

Following Jesus as His apprentice and helping others do the same. Jesus’ final command was not to make converts but disciples who learn to obey everything He taught — and then make disciples themselves.

Matthew 28:19–20Read more

Going without food for a set time in order to seek God — hunger turned into prayer. Jesus spoke of it as an ordinary part of following Him and taught that it should be done quietly, before God rather than for an audience.

Matthew 6:16–18Read more

Releasing someone from the debt they owe you because God has released you from yours. It is a decision before it is a feeling, and it is not the same as trust or reconciliation, which may take longer.

Ephesians 4:32Read more

The good news that God made us for Himself; that we turned away and cannot fix it on our own; that Jesus lived the life we could not, died in our place and rose again; and that anyone who turns and trusts Him is forgiven and made new.

1 Corinthians 15:3–4Read more

God’s undeserved favour. Salvation is a gift received through faith, not a reward earned by effort — and grace is also the power that changes a believer over time, not a reason to stay the same.

Ephesians 2:8–9Read more

Jesus’ final instruction to His followers: go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching them. Acts 1:8 gives it a geography — starting where you are and moving outward to the ends of the earth.

Matthew 28:18–20; Acts 1:8Read more

God’s rule and reign, made present through Jesus and growing wherever people live under Him. Seeking it first means letting His priorities order every area of life — including work, money and ambition.

Matthew 6:33Read more

The Greek word for fellowship or shared ownership. Paul used it for the Philippians’ partnership in the gospel: they prayed, sent and gave, and so had a real share in the work and its fruit.

Philippians 1:5Read more

An honest prayer of grief or complaint brought to God rather than away from Him. Many psalms are laments — they prove you can tell God it feels like He is far away and still be praying in faith.

Psalm 13Read more

The Greek word for household — in the New Testament, the circle of family, friends, neighbours and co-workers God has already placed around you. It is the first and most natural mission field for most believers.

Mark 5:19Read more

The ongoing process of replacing false beliefs with God’s truth so that thinking — and then living — is shaped by Him rather than by the pattern of the world. It is active and deliberate; nobody renews by accident.

Romans 12:2Read more

Turning from sin and toward God — a change of mind that becomes a change of direction. In the Bible it is not grovelling or self-punishment, but the doorway to being refreshed and restored.

Acts 3:19Read more

A season when God renews His people and, through them, draws many who were far from Him into new life. Scripture shows it begins with God’s own people humbling themselves, praying and turning — not with the culture.

2 Chronicles 7:14; Habakkuk 3:2Read more

A regular, deliberate day of rest that begins in creation, before any law. Jesus did not abolish it but reset its purpose: it was made for people, as a gift — stop, rest, delight, worship.

Genesis 2:2–3; Mark 2:27Read more

The lifelong work of God making a believer more like Jesus. It is real but gradual — progress looks less like never struggling and more like turning back to God sooner and more honestly each time.

Philippians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:3Read more

Practices like prayer, Scripture, rest, fasting and worship that put a believer where God has promised to meet them. They do not earn God’s love; they are the container grace fills.

1 Timothy 4:7–8Read more

Managing what God has entrusted to you — time, body, money, gifts and influence — as His rather than your own. Faithfulness with a little is the training ground for more.

1 Corinthians 4:2; Luke 16:10Read more

Paul’s description of a believer’s body, because God’s Spirit lives in it. It makes physical health a matter of worship and stewardship — not vanity, punishment or comparison.

1 Corinthians 6:19–20Read more

Giving a tenth of your income to God. Faithful Christians disagree on whether the Old Testament tithe binds believers today; the New Testament’s emphasis is generous, planned, proportional and cheerful giving.

Malachi 3:10; 2 Corinthians 9:7Read more

Someone who tells the truth about what they have seen and experienced. Jesus calls His followers witnesses, not salespeople: the task is to speak honestly about Him, and the results belong to God.

Acts 1:8Read more