One of the things I've been wrestling with this year is harshness toward myself. I struggle to accept God's love for me. I feel like I will only ever grieve Him. I believe that I'm incapable of bringing Him delight. I don't seek the crown of life - I feel guilty for wanting to share in glory. I'm drawn to the descriptions of our Lord's Passion, ( Read more... )

The Lord Jesus calls us to look like Him! (Of course He does :) 2 Corinthians 3:18, 1 John 3:2, 1 Corinthians 13:12 ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was studying some verses about trial and temptation. I was reading about Peter's trial and how the enemy wanted to test his faith and destroy him. "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your ( Read more... )

morning contemplations 10/29/2020 ( Read more... )

Weasels are cute trackers and fast hunters. They have a sweet appearance and an intense heart ( Read more... )

"..while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18

This coming Monday, I'm leading my small group in a study of 1 John 2:12-14. The passage addresses Christians by their level of spiritual maturity and encourages each group with a different truth. I plan to walk my sisters through the meaning of the text, explore questions that they have, and then consider which audience/message they feel applies ( Read more... )

"But thanks be to God,
   who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57

"Now thanks be to God
   who always leads us in triumph in Christ,
      and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place." 2 Corinthians 2:14

Single-mindedness

2 Timothy 2:4 - "No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier."

1 Peter 2:11 - "Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul..."

Spiritual warfare2 Corinthians 10:4-5a - "For the weapons of ( Read more... )

Acts 5:42 - And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ ( Read more... )