Basic Life Principles
Timeless truths from God’s Word for our lives and relationships
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Throughout the pages of Scripture, principles are contained that provide guidance for our personal lives and relationships. These principles touch on every relational sphere of life, whether it be marriage, family, business, church, or government. All relationships encounter conflict at some point, and if this conflict is not resolved, psychological, spiritual, and even physical damage can result. But when we discover that our conflicts are connected to violations of God’s principles, and we learn to adhere to these principles through the power of the Holy Spirit, a resolution can be experienced that produces peace in our daily interactions. When we learn to see and respond to life’s challenges from God’s viewpoint, and choose His grace over our natural inclination, everything changes!
Design
How and why God made me
Discovering God’s intricate handiwork in my physical aspects and the circumstances into which I was born, and learning to lay aside culture’s facade of the “ideal” and accept God’s ultimate purpose for my life
Lives Impacted by the Biblical Principle of Design
More About Design
How can I accept myself the way God made me?
6 min
How can I live with a physical “defect”?
4 min
How should I respond when people make fun of me?
3 min
What are evidences of self-rejection, and how can I overcome it?
5 minMore About Authority
What are God-ordained authority structures?
4 min
What are the responsibilities of those in authority?
9 min
When Jesus Was Amazed
3 min
What are the commands of Christ?
9 minResponsibility
Cleansing the conscience
Realizing that I will, one day, answer to God for my every thought, word, and action, and doing what is necessary to make amends with those whom I have offended
Lives Impacted by the Biblical Principle of Responsibility
More About Responsibility
Do I really need to ask for forgiveness?
4 min
What are some signs of genuine repentance?
4 min
How can I gain a clear conscience?
4 min
What can stand in the way of clearing my conscience?
2 minSuffering
Responding to the hurts inflicted upon me
Seeing how reaction to offenses produces fuel, not resolution, for ongoing detriment, and discovering how to transform bitterness into genuine forgiveness
Going Deeper: Bitterness & Forgiveness
Lives Impacted by the Biblical Principle of Suffering
More About Suffering
What should we do when trials come?
8 min
How does God want me to respond to suffering?
3 min
How can I find God in the midst of suffering?
5 min
How does God use adversity in my life?
12 minOwnership
Properly handling material possessions
Acknowledging that everything I am and have comes from the Lord, and learning how to overcome the anger that commonly results when others tamper with my temporal possessions
Going Deeper: Exploring Ownership
Lives Impacted by the Biblical Principle of Ownership
More About Ownership
What is the principle of ownership?
5 min
Yielding Rights: The Example of Jesus Christ
6 min
How should I deal with irritations?
3 min
Why is tithing important?
4 minFreedom
Escaping the bondage of moral impurity
Discovering how “major” entanglements in sin begin with little compromises, choices, and thought patterns, and learning how to transfer the ground of my soul from Satan’s deadly dictates to Christ’s life-giving reign
Going Deeper: Exploring Freedom
Lives Impacted by the Biblical Principle of Freedom
More About Freedom
Why do I fail in my Christian life?
6 min
Can I be free from lust?
4 min
Can I gain victory over hidden moral failure?
13 min
How can I have victory over sin?
7 minSuccess
How to fulfill our God-given purpose
Understanding that Biblical “success” is defined by God’s ultimate plan, not my temporal attainments, and learning that reaching it requires God’s Word conquering me from the inside out
Going Deeper: Exploring Meditation
Lives Impacted by the Biblical Principle of Success
More About Success
How can I meditate on Scripture?
4 min
What are the rewards of meditating on Scripture?
5 min
How can I maintain a good name?
7 min
How does God work to fulfill a vision?
5 min