1 John, believe, Beth Moore, Bible, God, Jesus, John, love, spiritual growth
I’m going through Beth Moore’s Loving Well Bible study. Again. For the third time. This is partly because it’s the study the director of women’s ministry at my church chose. But, let’s be honest, it’s mostly because I don’t...
believe, Bible, God, hope, love, Paul, Psalms, Romans
Sometimes it’s easy to feel God’s love. For whatever reason, every worship song you hear and Bible verse you read floods you with absolute confidence in the Lord’s personal affection for you. You walk around with a smile on your face, knowing, like...
believe, Bible, God, hope, Isaiah, pain, trust
Sometimes I feel disappointed. You too? It really doesn’t take much to cause us to feel disappointed. That’s kind of just life’s default setting. Even for you optimists it takes effort and intentionality to overcome our hard-wired inclination to feel...
2 Corinthians, believe, Bible, faith, God, hope, pain, prayer, Uncategorized
Paul. I can’t begin to understand the fervency of this dude’s faith. I think part of it is just his personality. He was a zealous Jew before he became a zealous Christ-follower. He seems to just be one of those people that never does anything halfway....
believe, Bible, God, grace, Jesus, Romans, Uncategorized
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.” Romans 5:1-2 Every word in scripture matters. Every word. God...
Andrew Murray, believe, Bible, Colossians, faith, God, Jesus, John, love
There is this concept that sounds like it is straight out of the mouths of powerhouse Christians from the 1800’s: abide in Christ. In fact, one of those dudes, Andrew Murray, wrote a book by the same name, and I happen to be reading it now. (You can, too, for...
