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O You Of Little Faith
Read more: O You Of Little FaithIs a small faith okay or isn’t it? I’ve written in the past about how God can take faith as small as a mustard seed and make it grow (Matthew 17:20). We don’t have to be super strong before God will use us. On the other hand, four times in the book of Matthew, Jesus…
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Faith As A Mustard Seed
Read more: Faith As A Mustard SeedWith predators you don’t have to win; you just have to be more trouble than you’re worth.
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Knowledge, Pride, and Love
Read more: Knowledge, Pride, and LoveLove edifies. If we made it our goal to edify the unbelievers around us, yes, even those who are taking pride in their sin, how might we accomplish it?
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Lists
Read more: ListsWe like lists of do’s and don’ts. If we can boil right and wrong down to a list of rules, we feel we have a better idea of where we stand and where we need to go.
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Shame
Read more: ShameThere is a lot of inappropriate guilt that holds people back unnecessarily. But shame can serve a purpose, and I think it is a mistake to try to banish that feeling altogether.
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Pride v. Shame
Read more: Pride v. ShameI was a schoolgirl know-it-all. People praised me for being smart and that made me feel good about myself… until I would say something foolish, make a mistake, or meet up with someone smarter than I. Then my pride began to buckle under the weight of another emotion: shame.
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When God Doesn’t Answer
Read more: When God Doesn’t AnswerIf you knew for a fact that God was not going to change any of your most negative life circumstances, what would you do?
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Good Influences
Read more: Good InfluencesRecently I asked the women at the jail to think of two or three names of people who had been a good influence on them. You can try it too. It might be a family member, or a teacher from your school days, or neighbors, like the old couple who lived next door to my…
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Why God Wanted Children
Read more: Why God Wanted ChildrenIn family relationships, including our relationship with our heavenly Father, we often say and do foolish and selfish things. When a child becomes estranged or a spouse commits adultery, there will be sorrow, anger, jealousy. It is no different for God when we reject Him. (After all, where do our emotions come from?)
Walk Worthy 