The spiritual principle of growth - We obey by stepping into our weakness or our fear, trusting in the fact that because it is something He asks of us, He will meet us somewhere along the way with the power to do it.
Read more..Thought for the day: Don't ever sell short what God can do "because of you."
Read more..Is there anybody you'd rather not see in heaven? What if God chooses to extend mercy to that person? Would you go away and pout like Jonah?
Read more..Jonah was so caught up in his own self-righteousness that, in the end, all he could care about was himself and a stupid plant. Meanwhile, God was having compassion for a hundred and twenty thousand people who were trapped in their own ignorance, along with many animals, which God cared about, too.
Read more..In Christ we have been set free from the power and the penalty of sin, free from trying to earn God's favor, free from the insatiable need to please ourselves, and free to know the truth.
Read more..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 is something that should be obvious so that everyone will know the power must be coming from God, because it certainly isn't coming from us.
Read more..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.
Read more..The Value of Pain You can’t bring a cup of cold water to someone if
Read more..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 that comes easy.
Read more..Masked with near perfection, sin hides itself beneath the surface of good churches, good confessions, good works, and good intentions. Everyone really knows that something is wrong, but ...
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