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Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory!
Did your parents sing-shout this at you when you were a kid? Turns out, it’s pretty good advice.
Toyota Matrix for the Lord
What kind of vehicle are you when it comes to God’s will?
Take the RISK: The ministry of reconciliation
Pastor Mike Todd’s message on racial reconciliation, re-presented, is the best out there on Christians’ role in racial healing. Watch the video, read the notes, change your life.
Labelled with love
What’s stopping you from achieving your dreams? What gets in the way as you step into your calling? It can be timing or money or training or logistics.It can be lack of support or clarity or direction. But let’s be honest. Usually, it’s YOU. Or rather, the lies you believe about yourself. Through struggle and …
Correction is not rejection
No one likes being told they’re wrong. Especially not when it comes from the Almighty. It makes us feel small, unworthy, and hopeless. We want to crawl under a rock and never again burden the world with our presence. But that’s the exact opposite of His intention! It’s us going too far. That sorrow you …
Surprise!
How willing are you to be surprised? Me, not so much. Ask my husband how much I liked it when he surprised me with a promise ring in front of his family at our first Christmas together. But my resistance to surprises doesn’t just rob me of enjoying fun things (like presents) when they’re good, …
King David falls out
Attitude is everything. Especially when we don’t get what we’re praying for. I recently re-read the story of David and Bathsheba, a familiar tale of lust, murder, and trying to make things okay that are NOT OKAY. What stands out is how David grieves when God takes away the child conceived by his sin. This …
The burden is the blessing
Sometimes a blessing feels like a burden, doesn’t it? A newborn baby.A demanding job.A house under renovation.A gift of discernment.A spouse with strongly-held opinions who works long hours and is heavily involved in community outreach. Okay, that last one might just be me. Point being, it’s hard for our human nature to bear that kind …