As helpful as it would be to develop habits of health or efficiency to kick off the new year, how life-giving would it be for believers in Christ to embrace spiritual disciplines as habits of devotion?...
In Jeremiah 10, God addresses idolatry in the nation of Judah. ...
Sometimes, our Lion of a God delivers us from the fiery furnace. Sometimes, he brings healing, changes our circumstances, and gives us what we deeply desire. And sometimes he doesn’t. Sometimes our crappy circumstances get even crappier, and he asks us to keep trusting him. When we face hardships, stress, suffering, grief, pain, and death we can boldly shout in the face ...
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The longing we feel is a gift that points us to the satisfier of our souls--Jesus Christ. Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights, to show us how good the giver is. He alone satisfies our longing hearts. ...
Keep ReadingTrue friendship among believers requires initiation, effort, and the grace of Jesus to flourish. Christ adopted us into the same family, and we shouldn’t be scared of enjoying friendship with each other...Though it is painful and costly, the reward of sharing in joy and in suffering with true friends is a comfort and a blessing from the Lord....
Keep ReadingWe were created for community. This reality is rooted in the character of God. We were created for community with God and people. However, we still feel lonely. Truth is, sin has broken our relatedness with God and others. But the good news: Jesus has come to be a friend like no other and to restore our relationships with God and other people....
Keep ReadingWho am I? Am I the sum of my mistakes or successes? Am I what others say that I am? Or is it something more glorious than that? Our identity is found in the very Word of God. We are who God says we are. And that is good news. ...
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