The Real Reason to Know Why:
“We obey God’s law, not to be loved, but because we ARE loved in Christ.” – Jerry Bridges I struggled for years to love God. I tried to follow the rules. I heard the truth of God’s word on a … Continue...
View ArticlePain: An Invitation to Know (Yada) Love
I was too prideful to admit that what my soul really craved was knowing God. The girls were too afraid to pursue the Heavenly Father that could have kept them from abuse. For us, there was an ocean...
View ArticleLoved. How Much?
“Ye were bought with a price.” Does that strike you as odd that the Creator of the universe had to pay to buy you? Had to purchase the very ones He knit together from the power of sin through the …...
View ArticleGod or the world: you simply can’t have both.
Recently I was talking with someone about my salvation experience when they asked me about my morals after I found Christ. “Was it an instant change? Did your convictions just fall into place?”...
View ArticleGod, with Me? (Pt. 2)
[Today, we’re exploring the meaning of God being with us.] 1. It’s a lot of work. I can’t imagine giving 24/7 time and energy to one person. It would be an impossible task. A full time job, plus some....
View ArticleGroping for Meaning
{September 10th, 2012} “…we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at...
View Article100% Loved
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us…” I John 4:16 Have You Ever Thought, “I’m A Horrible Christian”? A couple of mornings ago, I found myself sitting in my quiet time feeling...
View ArticleLove is a Cross
There’s a somewhat humorous bluegrass gospel song that a friend sent me a while back – it ends with these words: Love is a Cross you bear, A thorny crown you wear Sinner repent and make amends Love...
View ArticleChased by a Holy God
“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning,...
View ArticleHow Does One Envision God?
While lying in bed one night, I began thinking of the face of God and quickly realized that all I saw were the pictures that man’s sin had painted of Him in my imagination – not a true image of what...
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