When I imagine myself in Biblical stories, if I’m honest, I am most often the Pharisee. Thankfully, with grace, the Holy Spirit uses that challenging realization to convict and change me, not to shame me. There isn’t a story that…
Truth To Consider: Privileges in Christ (and a little Anna)
How great are my privileges in Christ Jesus! Without him I stand far off, a strange, an outcast; in him I draw near and touch his kingly sceptre. Without him I dare not lift up my guilty eyes; in him…
Truth To Consider: This much, O God, I want you.
The strongest, most mature Christians I have ever met are the hungriest for God. It might seem that those who eat most would be least hungry. But that’s not the way it works with an inexhaustible fountain, and an infinite…
To Be A Disciple of Jesus Is To Live Loved
Being a disciple of Jesus is a lifelong adventure of knowing His great love for us and reciprocating it back to Him. Love is what sets us apart and love is what forms us the most. He saved us from…
Clothe Yourself With Wisdom: Christine
Wisdom: A word that can be hard to define, especially in the culture that we currently live in. Lately, I have been considering what it means to be “wise in the sight of God,” or how to differentiate between godly…
stewarding your heart
The Bible tells us to watch over our heart “with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Other versions say to guard it with all vigilance. Others say to watch over it because everything you do flows from…
from ‘religiously right’ to Jesus, only Jesus
I sat in the pew, taking notes, attentive to the pastor in front of me reading the story of a Canaanite woman’s encounter with Jesus (Matthew 15:21-28). I confess the story is one I mostly glaze over, because it seems…
a high view of God is our stability in any situation
It’s a week where multiple out of control things have crossed our path – a scary diagnosis, an uncontrollable wildfire, difficulty among relationships. Out of control being the key phrase. I can’t change hearts. I can’t send rain. I can’t…
the wonder of simple prayers
“Prayer is the quiet, persistent living of our life of desire and faith in the presence of our God.” Andrew Murray The Bible says we have God’s Spirit inside us. In other words, there is someone by your side every…
My desire to be good enough grew bigger than my desire for God
In grace, He leads you where you didn’t plan to go in order to produce in you what you couldn’t achieve on your own. In these moments, He works to alter the values of your heart so that you let…
you are covered from head to toe
Have you caught wind of Christy Nockels latest album, Be Held: Lullabies for the Beloved? I think the vision for this album is songs to sing over your children, but it is powerful and inspiring even for my 25 year…
the Psalm (and God) that is changing me
1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness…