Walking In Your Shoes Means Losing Mine
Empathy requires that we step outside ourselves. Empathy requires a level of selflessness that may be a hard reach for some.
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The Value of Pain
The Value of Pain You can't bring a cup of cold water to someone if you've never thirsted You can't heal a heart if your heart's never been broken You can't forgive a sin…
Friends of God
What Jesus said: “Whoever is not against us is for us” (Mark 9:39). Or: Unless
Help That’s Really Help
Question: Is there someone you know who needs godly guidance? Galatians 6:1 says to restore that person, humbly and gently,
The Dynamics of God’s Word in Your Heart
“I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11
Who’s Guilty?
Jesus wants us to see our own sin and not make such a big fuss over everyone else's. Our sin nature is our connection with our neighbor, our salvation is our hope, and the…
Time Zones & Faith
There are two different time zones going on when it comes to correlating God’s will and our experience. One I’ll call My Desperate Time (MDT) and the other, God’s Own Time (GOT).
Grace Card: Don’t leave home without it
Grace Card — grace for you, and grace for everyone else. You need it; they need it. Grace Card: Don’t leave home without it.
Cracked Pots
The more honest we are with our humanity, the more the power of God can be seen and recognized in us. our fragile, clay-like (from the earth) bodies and the immeasurable brightness of Christ…
According to Whom?
Life is hard. How often we forget that this is the way it is supposed to be. We push against the difficult circumstances in our lives
The Riddle
The Riddle: Once you get it, you have to give it; and if you can’t give it, you never got it. What is it? God's Grace.
Don’t Go With the Flow
I just don't see God as doling out ease and contentment. His business lies more in the areas of refining and shaping us to conform more to the image of Christ, and none of…
Wise Men Still Seek Him
It's the only bumper sticker I've ever really liked: WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM. I like it because it says at least two things.
Bring On The Questions
Oswald Chambers has said that we don't truly own our faith unless we have struggled over it in some form. Belief is not pure acceptance.
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
"Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus…
Because of You
Thought for the day: Don't ever sell short what God can do "because of you."
The Dark and Lonely Closet of Regret
Regret is like a hot potato. Hold onto it for any period of time and it will burn you. Regret basically leaves God out of the picture.
Having an Open Mind
An open mind is necessary for any relationship to grow. You have to be open to another way of thinking to relate to someone, because we are all different.
Putting out the Welcome Mat
We are in the business of welcoming sons and daughters of the King, and that includes everyon - even those we'd rather not have in our family.
Love Like Jesus
Misrepresenting Christ - we are all guilty. Do you harbor even the slightest attitude of judgment or hatred?