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Three Problems Everyone has With Spiritual Weariness
“Lord, please rescue your child. This one belongs to you.” I white-knuckled my journal, filled with petitions addressed to one who could provide answers. Confusion and despair settled in the deep places of my soul as I poured out my heart. Several years of wrestling...
For Our Here-and-Now & the Soon to be Forever
The path to the land of abundance lay ahead--easily navigated and under the protection of the King. Yet, the people chose to wander aimlessly--the brown of the desert soiling their feet just as their complaints marred that day's praises to the God of Israel. And...
A Request for Your Prodigal and Mine
"The great battle of our spiritual lives is 'Will you believe?' It is not, 'Will you try harder?' or 'Can you make yourself Worthy?' It is squarely a matter of believing that God will do what only he can do." -Jim Cymbala I've read about Chrissy. Raised as a...
Choose Forgiveness
“The community of the saints is not an "ideal" community consisting of perfect and sinless men and women, where there is no need of further repentance. No, it is a community which proves that it is worthy of the gospel of forgiveness by constantly and sincerely...
My Yes-But Belief
What matters more than material blessings are the things He is teaching us in our spirit. Charles Stanley It all began much earlier for him, but most of the nascent signs were quiet and crept into life bit by bit--a silent predator slowly introducing the victim to its...
Through the Eyes of Hope
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and...
When Relationship Hurts
What is the road we take toward each other, and how do we show forth the love of Jesus, even when our disappointment wells up fiercely in the gut and threatens all we thought we knew about the other? -Diedre Riggs Months before I spoke words meant for all of us....
