"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed." James 5:16a "But it's hard, scary, embarrassing to confess my sins to someone else." Think of it this way: you are outside on a cool fall day enjoying a campfire. As you are sitting there the fire pops and sends an …
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"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles." Hebrews 12:1 Recently, I went to the Grand Canyon with my oldest daughter. It was exactly as people described it "unbelievable." You cannot wrap your mind around how deep and wide (yes …
Do you brush off your sin like a feather? Or does it feel like a 5-ton elephant sitting on your chest threatening to crush you until you deal with it? As Christians, I believe we should allow our sin to "crush" us so we feel the weight of it to keep us from sinning. The …
Give thanks for what? Do you ever have those seasons where you just feel stuck? Where it feels like nothing seems to go your way. It seems you overcome one trial just to get hit by another one. How can you get out of this feeling of being stuck? Give thanks. Gives thanks for the …
"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Dallas Willard defines prayer as, "talking with God about what we are doing together." That seems simple enough but can we really pray continually? Does this mean we are alone in our rooms praying to God …
"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks... These three are not necessarily commands we have to do 100% of the time but rather are postures we should strive for. So how can we Rejoice always? …
Thanksgiving. Giving Thanks. What is there to be thankful for? Many will be quick to express gratitude for the spouse, kids, work, house or even food which is a normal and right thing to do. But what about the less than perfect moments? Are we thankful for those? Thank you... for constant messes. For the …
Ever since I was a junior in high school, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life, and for about 15 years was blessed to be able to do it. But now I have no idea what the future holds. For the first time in my life, I don't have a clear …
Wait. "Is this my life for now? Will it ever change?" Wait. I don't want to wait. I feel like I am missing out on something. What am I missing out on? Everything everyone else has. So then am I really struggling with waiting or contentment? "God, I had all these plans for my life …
"Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord." Colossians 3:18 Welp, I just lost some of you just by posting this verse but just hear me out. I know most of the time you hear about this verse the focus is on the word, "submit" and how to apply it. I want to …