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No Stronger Love
There’s not a love much stronger on earth than a mother’s love for her children. This, true for me, continues to be felt 23 years after birthing a particular son named Ty. As moms when we give birth to these God given children we seem connected from the very...
The Five Husband Disease
The Five Husband Disease by Cooper Pinson. Lasting obedience and conformity to God’s commands come when we realize that it isn’t by doing, but rather by believing that we truly grow. Daily i need to remember that at the root of all sin is a belief about that sin and...
Confessions of a Drama Queen
"I allowed myself to go down to my true desire: wanting to be fully known and fully loved..." The Restore blog today comes from our contributor, Michele Bullock, The Naked Protestant. Please read and be blessed with realness in HIM!...
Opportunity in weakness
Opportunity in weakness In walking with people bogged down by sin, I have noticed a consistent trend: an independence from God. This observation is further enforced in Scripture. Genesis 3:1-24, Romans 1:1-32, John 15:1-27 and countless other texts point toward the...
Identity in Acceptance
God created us to be social beings. His plan, from day one, was for us to live in meaningful community with one another. Our relationships are so important to God that He positioned the command for us to love one another as second only to the call to love Him (Matthew...
Deciding to Believe
When I meet with someone walking through difficult circumstances and ask her how she has tried to work out her problems, that person will often tell me that she has tried many of the prescribed methods of the church, such as prayer, Bible reading and deeper biblical...
Gracious Uncertainty . . . it has not yet been revealed what we shall be . . . —1 John 3:2 Our natural inclination is to be so precise—trying always to forecast accurately what will happen next—that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. We think that we must reach...
30 More Reasons that Jesus is Better Than I Think
30 More Reasons that Jesus is Better Than I Think (visit blogpost from 12/19 to read 1st 30 reasons) 31. I cannot get underneath his mercy. I can dig and dig and dig with my shovel of sin. But no matter how deep I go, I never hit rock bottom on his mercy. 32. I can...
30 Reasons Jesus is Better Than I Think
Here's a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas: 30 Reasons Jesus Is Better Than I Think (30 More Reasons to Come in a future blog post!) Listened to some music and thought about Jesus this week. Here's what I jotted down. 1. His forgiveness gets down underneath not...
Advent – The Promise
I want to lay out two principles about hope found in Isaiah 59. Here’s the first – the doorway to hope is hopelessness. It sounds contradictory, doesn’t it? But the only way you will ever find true hope is to give up on all those places where you’ve put your hope...