Discernment

  • What Obedience and Favor Have to Do with Trusting God

    What Obedience and Favor Have to Do with Trusting God

    Obedience may be the last thing going through your mind when a train enters a dark tunnel. However, obedience is a part of it. By remaining seated, calm, and confident that the engineer will see it through, you are displaying a level of obedience. You are trusting the engineer in the darkened chasms to…

  • Our Duty to Rescue and Rejecting the Bystander Effect 

    Our Duty to Rescue and Rejecting the Bystander Effect 

    I was introduced to the concept of the Bystander Effect while refining my understanding of seeing individuals, not crowds. I have no doubt that you have seen it in action many times over. As have I. In the simplest terms, it is an unwillingness to speak up or take action while a part of…

  • Christian Living and the Sin of Wanting More

    Christian Living and the Sin of Wanting More

    [special]I’m excited to introduce 1Glories readers to guest blogger, Rana Tarakji. She’s a fellow blogger, entrepreneur and Christ follower who passionately pursues a refining life, on purpose. In this guest post, Rana tackles an important subject that most (perhaps all) of us must consider during our lives. That perplexing idea of “wanting more.”[/special] The…