Ordinary versus Extraordinary
“…it is possible to strive for peace and gratitude even when everything is going wrong. They have helped me see that peace and gratitude...
Honor
“In our culture, love has often been reduced – even abused in its over-definition. Almost totally lacking, however, is a practice of...
Worth and Worthiness
“Due to significantly painful experiences, we may even lose trust in God. Many struggle to make sense of the trials and tribulations in...
Reaching Out
“…our own sometimes shaky self-esteem, neediness, and failure to believe that we are really unique in the eyes of God often prevent us...
Limits/Limitations
“One thing is for sure, the Holy Spirit, “who is everywhere and fills all things” hates limitations. If you doubt it, just test Him, for...
Encountering God/Christ
“Reading the Scriptures, studying the church fathers, attending worship, praying, and meditating are all good and godly things. But they...
Self-Condemnation/Self-Hatred
“We believe that God forgives us when we turn to Him for mercy. But though we receive this forgiveness from the Lord, do we forgive...
Rejecting God
“Jesus now describes the guilt of the world. He came to these people with both words (15:22) and sign-miracles (15:24), yet they remained...
Daily
“There will be good days – those days when things fall into place and you feel that God is using the gifts that He has given you for His...
Friendship
“Christ has come according to the power given Him from the Almighty Father, and has summoned people to friendship, blessing, repentance,...