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“Small Success” = Joy!
Sometimes the goal of becoming “Christ-like” is overwhelming. Where do I start? How could I possibly learn all the nuances of faith?
Just like learning a foreign language, we need to take one some step at a time, and we need to remember to celebrate each and every success, because our Heavenly Father does!
His Promises To Parents
It’s natural for parents to worry about their kids. I learned that God promises to provide everything our child needs by giving their parents everything they need to raise the child.
Resting in His Shadow
We are called both to work and to rest with Him. He promises we can find rest. Learn how to experience that peaceful respite in Him.
Never Alone
It look crossing an ocean as a teenager to realize wherever I go, God goes with me!
Looking Back with Gratitude
Instead of looking back thinking I missed my opportunities; I realize how God has authored my days and years. I don’t need to believe I missed anything!
Silent Struggles aren’t Secret to Him
When faced with heart-wrenching pain, I found not only did God care, He was waiting to be invited into the silent struggle. He lovingly instructs us to draw nearer to Him and then He drew nearer to us.
Recreated Through Him
It can be challenging to imagine God seeing us as blameless. But after we repent of sin, we need to understand that is exactly how He sees us.
Obeying His Voice, Not Mine
“Do something every day that scares you.” This is a statement often misquoted, misattributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. What she actually said is, “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” Yet, that misquote is a succinct summation, and it has stuck in my…
Jesus Came to Give Life
Today is known as Good Friday. The day Jesus came to declare His love for us, to pay our debt of sin, so we could stand, reunited with God. (See Luke 23). Jesus knew His purpose. He knew the plan. And, He knew the pain he would face. His soul was secure. His fate was…