Your self-identity comes from a collection of beliefs that you hold about yourself. You may have formed thoughts and patterns about who you are from your family, your life experiences, and activities you’ve participated in through the years. As a social worker and parent, I’ve found layers of complexity within the journey of self-identity in…
Well rooted and enjoying the fruit!
Thieves are jealous of each other’s loot, but the godly are well rooted and bear their own fruit. Proverbs 12:12 Are you well rooted in God’s love and Word and bearing fruit? Maybe your fruit is seen in the care of your children, a ministry, marriage, or a job God has called you to. Maybe…
Receive and Experience Freedom
I am constantly reminded through God’s Word and messages of how He desires to mold us into His image. This molding takes a lifetime of grace and truth. A dear friend of mine suggested a book called “The Cure”. I watched a video attached to the study and it said something like this– We can…
From “give me” to “make me Your servant”
The prodigal son is a parable we often hear and know by heart. When a teacher uses the parable in a study, sometimes, we can be closed-minded, thinking there is nothing else that could be learned. Yet, I’m always amazed at how God’s Word is truly living and active. We hold in our hands the…
A Fresh Encounter
Sometimes in our Christian walk we become apathetic, complacent, or in automaticity. Status quo seems good enough. In some cases, we are exhausted or burnt out, so we hesitate to long for much. Longing brings disappointment. After hearing a great sermon on “A Fresh Encounter With God” by Charles Stanley, I realized how commonplace I…
The Wedding Dance
The Wedding Dance He Speaks: 7 You are a princess,and your feet are graceful in their sandals.Your thighs are works of art, each one a jewel;2 your navel is a wine glass filled to overflowing.Your body is full and slenderlike a bundle of wheat bound together by lilies.3 Your breasts are like twins of a deer.4 Your neck is like ivory, and your eyes sparklelike…
Let No One Separate
“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Mark 10:9 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. Matthew 19:6 Before you were married, you were single. How was that? Think back. What did you bring, as a single person, to the…
Disorganized or God-ordained?
Remember all the times you’ve placed something just where you knew you would not forget, and you forgot? How about when someone does that for you, and you don’t even know they did? God in his infinite wisdom, humor, and timing caused a “happening” over time in my life. I just had to roll with…
Only You: A Note from Rusty Rustenbach
A Guide for Listening and Inner-Healing Prayer: Meeting God in the Broken Places by Rusty Rustenbach has been a great Bible study to heal broken places and learn to listen to God through quiet time and prayer. For those of you who purchased the book, I was amazed to find a forum created by Rusty…
ARRESTED BY GRACE 