“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 ESV When I become stressed, I usually want to run back to old habits and my old way of handling situations. Do you struggle with that too? Going back always seems easier. We have good intentions but change is hard. So hard that sometimes we’d rather go back to the painful…
Have you forgiven God? As Lary and I talked one morning about life and tough times in our past, I almost said but caught myself, “I forgive Him”. The thought grabbed me. I bit my tongue and chastised myself for almost going there. I began to think… I began to think maybe I need to go there. And, maybe you do too. Can we accept that God is big enough, secure enough, loving enough to…
O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8 (NLT) I rarely pour my heart out to anyone. I share many things with my husband or best girlfriend but there are always places in my soul I leave untouched – veiled. Maybe those places seem too dark or maybe they are just too painful. What do we do with the little sacred…
There are more ways to be imprisoned than being behind bars. Maybe the scale is chained to your leg or fear has you nearly frozen. Does activity have you in captivity? Or… is your heart full of hurt, resentment, unforgiveness and despair? There is healing for you today. Jesus died to comfort our broken hearts and set us free from our captivity (Isaiah 61:1 NLT) May I pray for you? Dear Jesus, we feel so bound. Please…
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