Jesus gains us every possible thing we could need to live this life, to come out the other side in God’s presence, and to know God with the deepest intimacy.
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God, through the work of Jesus Christ on the cross and his Holy Spirit within us, can heal even our consciences.
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Follow in Jesus’ steps by offering grace and forgiveness. Real and lasting justice is in God’s hands alone. Give it to the Lord. Let it go.
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The Lord built forgiveness and grace into the very essence of Christian practice. Not only does he instruct us to forgive others and to extend them grace, but he modeled this from before time began.
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Sometimes, the Lord allows harm to touch us. There’s often a messy story behind this. That was the case with David. His family unravelled after he took Bathsheba and murdered her husband Uriah the Hittite. Even though David repented of …
Continue Reading →Thinking of my newly widowed aunt on her birthday: In the darkness my husband and I burrowed deep into our cover-pile. The fan on low brought in the cool of the forty-degree evening, but we were cozy. Spooned and cocooned, …
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Every mother I know has made mommy mistakes. And they’re all pretty similar. No mother can live their child’s entire lifetime without making errors of judgment and reaction. We rarely talk about these mistakes, but they gnaw away at us, …
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I love that in the Bible, God gives it to us straight. He doesn’t hide the flaws of his servants. The only human to ever live a flawless life is Christ Jesus. The rest of us are in pretty bad …
Continue Reading →You max out the credit card. Online gambling is your vice. Tiring of it, you hit Vegas and Reno. You live high. You shoot the dice. You indulge in immorality, charging it all. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, …
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