When I think of who I am and my relationship with God, a couple of images immediately come to mind. One is that of a small lion cub, fearless before an enemy because she knows her daddy is standing firm and tall right behind her. The guardian lion is majestic in his beauty, awe-inspiring in […]
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At various times in our lives, we all face difficulty or what we might call hard times or trials. It can be challenging during those times not to lose sight of God or forget His promises as fear attempts to find a foothold within us. How wonderful it is that we truly are NOT alone
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It is a given that offenses will happen in life. We live in a broken world where people frequently hurt each other. With each wrong committed against us, we are faced with a choice: forgive or hold on to the offense. We will experience real consequences or benefits in our lives related to this choice.
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When another person causes us pain, it can be difficult to forgive and let go of the offense. Fleshly human nature tends to replay the offending incident (rumination). Feelings of anger, bitterness, and resentment come up along with hurtful memories set on repeat and may even intensify over time. We long for justice and might
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Do guilty, self-condemning thoughts keep troubling you? Do you wonder what it means to be forgiven by God, or even if it’s true that you are? “I am forgiven” speaks to our restored relationship with God and adoption into His family and the Body of Christ. It is hugely important we know who we are
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Most of us have gone through trauma of some kind in our lives. We’ve all had hurts and wounds. Many of us have felt the pressure to perform and somehow find a way to hold ourselves together or get ourselves over it. We’ve felt overwhelmed, hopeless, and alone under the weight of it all. But
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When emotional pain is unrelenting, what do you do? Have you been there? I have. The emotional pain would overwhelm and feel hopelessly inescapable. At times, it seemed to fill every cell in my body, every breath I took. This was the very definition of torment. In that state, terrible thoughts would come in. Ways
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