Inside Out: Putting Anger in Its Place
Anger is simply defending something you love. Without even trying, our anger provides an honest snapshot of whatever is in our heart.
Heart Failure: How to Attack a Heart of Hate
You can’t ignore physical murder, but we sure deceive ourselves about heart murder. Especially if it feels like nothing more than a wish someone would just disappear.
Sacred Hatred: When to Hate What and How
Turn the other cheek, but don’t be a blockhead! In every situation we need to first turn and read the room and ask the Lord: What time is it?
Loved to Death: Beholding the Power to Die to Self
Last Sunday we talked about “dying to self” so we won’t “remain in death”. However, there is a necessary prep step to that: It’s called beholding.
Dying to Live: Offering Ourselves as Living Sacrifices
A living sacrifice is an ongoing commitment of complete surrender to live and love as the Lord loves us, rather than trying to save your bacon!
Way To Go: Confidence Confirmed by Actions
Our perspective of faith can bring peace and joy even when facing fear and pain, like a woman giving birth … without an epidural.
Jumping to Conclusions: Seeing Your New Being
I survived failure. And I now know that I will again! Because it’s part of the process that God designed to grow us into His loving, trusting kids.
Forget You: Getting to Know the New You
Get to know the new you this new year, by realizing you’re only seeing part of the “you” picture.
The Christmas story is a reality, but gets a bit blurred by the fact it occurred in what we assume is an un-relatable ‘long ago’ and ‘far away’.