Equipping Women to Live a Set Apart Life
Over the past year, we’ve slowly walked through the beatitudes (the characteristics of kingdom citizens). We’ve covered what it means to be humble, repentant, meek, and compassionate. Diving deeper, we looked at hungering and thirsting for righteousness, purifying our hearts, being peacemakers, and standing firm in our faith when persecuted. And while we went straight […]
In our look at the final beatitude, we already discussed how we should respond to persecution; but what about our when our children face rejection for being Christians? Today I am excited to have Julie from Unmasking the Mess here to share her thoughts on this topic. The relationship had lasted nine months, and in the sand, […]
A year ago my grandpa passed away just shy of his 90th birthday. As my extended family gathered around His grave, different individuals shared the final words exchanged between the two of them. You see, when my grandpa knew his time on earth was coming to an end, so he intentionally sought out last conversations […]
Recently, I saw a meme with a picture of a Bible and the words, “This is not a bag of trial mix. You can’t just pick out the pieces you like and ignore the rest.” I smiled to myself because I am one of those people who eats the chocolate and leaves the raisins. I […]
My church, like most churches, has different ministries. You can find them listed on the back of the weekly bulletin and on the church website: women’s ministry, men’s ministry, children’s ministry, service ministry, etc. But one ministry I have never seen printed on a bulletin or listed on a church’s website is the ministry of […]
I love the apostle Peter. He is like the kid in school who speaks without thinking. You can always rely on him to say or ask the things you aren’t brave enough to voice yourself. Such as, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” (Mathew […]
Today I am excited to have Julie from Unmasking the Mess here to talk about being a peacemaker. If you new around here, you can find the introduction to the Beatitude series here, and see all the posts from the series here. As she stood on the busy highway amidst other protestors, you could tell the passion […]
“God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9 NLT Walking out of my 10th grade health class, one of the posters near the door caught my attention. Lucy, from the Peanuts comic, was leaning over her physiatrist booth telling Charlie Brown, “I can’t help thinking […]
When I think of temptation to sin, it’s usually reactions that trip me up. Like when someone says something hurtful and I want to say something hurtful back. Or when life doesn’t go as I planned, so I get angry instead of trusting God always works for my good. At the core of my sinful […]
Each day during morning nap time I snuggled up on the couch with my Kindle and dove into Priscilla Shirer’s book Fervent: A Woman’s Battle Plan for Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer. Each chapter opened my eyes to a new topic to pray about; and my prayer life was improving drastically as I implemented her […]