How much of a hold do you have on your thought-life? Are you wrestling with worry and longing for peace? Do you get overwhelmed by thoughts that you can't get out of your head? It's not too late to catch up on the Captive: Worry Cleanse Bible study!
Read More...creating pure white just always seemed out of reach to me. I couldn’t achieve the color on my own. No matter how hard I stirred and mixed and blended.
...Have you thought of that purity as something that is wholly out of reach for you—so completely unattainable?
Read MoreThis week, as I've flipped through my own set of Captive Cards (over and over), one particular card has captured my gaze and my heart for longer than the rest. Renew.
I want God to change and refresh and recharge my heart--starting with my thoughts.
Read MoreIt's there. Behind me. Behind you. The voice that says you'll never measure up. The voice that tells you to fear. The voice that repeats itself endlessly. The voice that wants you to believe that it's just not worth it.
I hear it. Do you?
Read More...Sometimes, the things we hate the most are the very things we let take God’s rightful place in our lives. It takes a shocking amount of energy and focus to hate something. Especially when that something is yourself.
...Someone told me that God actually had a pretty big problem with the way I thought about myself. “You hate what God loves,” this person told me. And it hit me like a ton of bricks.
Read More...I'm struggling with fear this time around. The risks of these procedures are high, and my heart is heavy with what-if's. But this is what I know: God holds all of the what-if's in His hands...
Several months ago, a friend pointed me to Gretchen Saffles, creator of Life Lived Beautifully. Since then, I have fallen so in love with her incredible ministry, her steady wisdom, her deeply rooted faith, and her genuine life. She helps me, daily, to trust God and to lean into Him for everything.
I'm deeply humbled to have the honor of sharing the story God has been weaving in my life on her blog today!
Read MoreBy the end of a long day, when things didn’t go as I had planned and pain was hitting me hard, I began to feel sorry for myself. I began to wonder if I could take anymore.
Have you felt that?
Frankly, many Christ-followers are not doing a very good or very consistent job of loving our neighbors from day-to-day. Maybe we ought to be called out by Hallmark...
Whether you think this is just a day like any other or not, here are 10 Questions to Ask Yourself on Valentine's Day.
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