If you are following after Christ, the number one challenge you will encounter is not sickness and disease. It’s persecution: All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12 How should you respond when you’re persecuted? Probably not...
All this talk of destiny and calling in Christian circles can leave you feeling dizzy about where you are in life. Sure, life shouldn’t be about what makes you feel good all the time. The Gospel is the Good News and not necessarily the “feel-good news.” But if you’re...
My poor Bible has seen better days. It’s been read, highlighted, written in, taped, and re-taped. The cover is missing. Pages are ripped. Whole sections have fallen out of it. But I can’t make myself throw it away! I’m not generally a sentimental person. I don’t...
I come from a long line of negative thinkers. My grandmother lived with depression and dealt with fear on a daily basis. My mother was overly critical and cynical about most situations. And while I don’t consider myself to be in their league, I’ve definitely been a...
I grew up in a religious home, and sickness was just punishment for doing something wrong. I remember telling my dad about my back problems, and his response was, ‘What did you do to cause it? Cassaundra Siegersma had been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, sleep...
My husband and I are in the middle of a big decision right now—a decision that could literally change our lives. Although things would change for the better, this decision also has some serious risks attached to it. We don’t know what to do. We need to hear God’s...
As I was thinking about Andrew’s teaching Grace: The Power of the Gospel, I remembered an old legend that I had heard years ago. It goes like this: There once was a man who invented fire. One day, he found a village in a very cold and remote area. With his tools, he...
When I was a little girl, I used to tell everyone, “I’m going to be a missionary when I grow up!” It wasn’t until years later that I learned I didn’t need to make that dream come true. In my thinking, the right connections were important to seeing my dream become a...
I once had an employee ask me what my most important teaching was. I didn’t know how to answer. I think they’re all important. Everything the Lord has shown me works together with other truths to make a whole. I said I couldn’t single out just one. This man had been...
I don’t know many people who wake up in the morning and say, “I want to be depressed and sad today.” Yet many people carry around burdens and sorrow each day that aren’t theirs to carry. God’s Word has a lot to say about having a joyful heart. Proverbs 15:13 says, A...
An AWM Healing Story When their little boy was diagnosed with extreme food allergies and asthma, Kevin and Mary Kathryn Schutz had no idea that God wanted him well. Years later, they discovered Andrew's teachings and were inspired to stand on the biblical promise that...
“The Bible says I will run and not grow weary,” I told my doctor. “I’m a runner, so I’m going to run.” He looked at me—a person who had already undergone foot surgery, X-rays, a painful cortisone shot, and now, custom orthotics—and said, smiling, “You can bike and not...
