Psalm 27:1 ”The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?“ Fear comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes fear is loud, in-your-face, and obvious. But sometimes fear comes in disguise. It masquerades as other things. Good thing. Things that sound nothing like fear. This month as we focus on Overcoming Fear, payContinue reading “Living Beyond Fear”
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Blame and Control
When we start asking God to handle areas in our life where we are experiencing bondage, it’s often a painful process. When God wants to deal with a hidden area of our life, He starts to draw it out in the open. We are confronted with things in our life that we would rather notContinue reading “Blame and Control”
Freedom From a Victim Mentality
When we suffer hardships and trials in our lives, we can fall into a victim mentality. The victim mentality keeps us from experiencing God’s best in our life. It holds us in a place of bondage, and keeps us from moving forward. Joyce Meyer once said, “God told me, ‘Joyce, you can be a victim,Continue reading “Freedom From a Victim Mentality”
Seeking Forgiveness: Forgiveness Part 3
Forgiveness can be a struggle. It’s a struggle to forgive someone who has really hurt you. It’s a struggle to confront someone with their sin in the hopes of being able to offer them forgiveness and reconcile with them. In Forgiveness Part 1 and Part 2, we talked a bit about vertical and horizontal forgiveness.Continue reading “Seeking Forgiveness: Forgiveness Part 3”
Freedom from False Responsibilities
We all have responsibilities in our life. Some of them come as a result of our stage of life. We have more responsibilities as an adult than we do as a child, for example. Some of them come as a result of the season of life we are in. The responsibilities we have when weContinue reading “Freedom from False Responsibilities”
Forgiving Our Brother: Forgiveness Part 2
In Forgiveness Part 1, we talked a bit about what forgiveness is and what it isn’t. We focused on vertical forgiveness. Vertical forgiveness is when we choose to forgive an offense or an event based only on the Scriptural mandate to forgive. We are talking to God about the offense and event, about our feelingsContinue reading “Forgiving Our Brother: Forgiveness Part 2”
Root of Bitterness: Forgiveness Part 1
One of the things I struggle with is the idea of forgiveness. I think a lot of people struggle with forgiveness for various reasons. One reason is that forgiveness strikes at our sense of justice. We feel as if the other person is “getting away with it” when we forgive. Another reason is that weContinue reading “Root of Bitterness: Forgiveness Part 1”
Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday. This holiday marks the start of Holy Week and commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry to Jerusalem the week before His crucifixion. During a normal year, the church would celebrate by handing out palm leaves to all attendees of religious services today. In more traditional churches, there would have been parades, possibly involvingContinue reading “Palm Sunday”
Boundaries
Sometimes in Christian circles we struggle with boundaries. We might think that boundaries are meant to keep people out, or that by saying “No” we aren’t loving our neighbors, but boundaries are necessary if we want to be healthy, peaceful, loving people. Boundaries are not unloving, unhealthy or unChristian things. They can be unhealthy,however, ifContinue reading “Boundaries”
Godly Mentoring
Revelation 3:19-22 (AMPC) “Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict and convince and reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude]. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, IContinue reading “Godly Mentoring”
A Beautiful Mess 