Have you ever felt like your prayers go unheard and unanswered? How can we be sure that God hears and wants to answer our prayers? As Jesus nears the end of the best sermon ever preached, he provides the key to a vitally engaging prayer life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s observation that "At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins." is a good reminder of how easy it is to lose integrity for the sake of pretense.

Worrying about money, job security, relationships, health, and the future is something we all wrestle with from time to time.

The religious people of Jesus' day probably started with good intentions. They wanted to please God, but their growing desire for earthly treasures slowly diluted their love for Him and their neighbors.

Around 481 BC, a young Jewish woman named Esther rose from relative obscurity to royalty, becoming Queen of Persia. An unlikely but providential pairing with conquering King Xerxes since the Jews lived in exile under Persian rule. Her response to the evil conspiracy to exterminate her people illustrates an inspiring faith that risked everything for justice.

Jesus' prayer life was powerful, and over time, his disciples took notice, asking if he would also teach them how to pray. What can we discover from Jesus’ willingness to teach his disciples how to pray? First, our loving Father wants us to learn how to rely on Him through two-way conversations.