I’ll never forget the moment I heard my mom explain the biblical definition of perfection. At that moment, I experienced freedom in a way I had never experienced before. I had read the verse “Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.” And I tried to live up to that command….
Have you fallen into sin lately and are struggling with shame and guilt? Maybe it’s something you did in your past that you’ve never been able to get over. Perhaps you’ve been away from God for a while, and you feel unworthy to come back to the Lord. If you read Hebrews 11 – the…
Walking through discouraging times is a normal part of life. Even for Christians. What isn’t normal is when discouragement, adversity, and trials lead us to dispair and defeat. Jesus promised that we would face trouble in this world, but then He promised that He has overcome the world. If Jesus has overcome the world… And…
I’ll never forget the moment of breakthrough for me when I realized that there was nothing I could ever do…. no sacrifice I could ever make… no perfect record I could ever keep… that would make Jesus love me more than He does right now. For too many years, I was afraid to embrace that…
In my previous post about verses that speak about our identity in Christ, I talked about the power of memorizing and meditating on them. This practice has become one of the greatest weapons I have against the enemy. I have won battles in my life that before seemed impossible, just through consistent memorization and meditation…
Over the past 15 years I have worked at leaving my past behind and walking in my new identity in Christ. One thing that has been critical to this journey is surrounding myself with verses about what God says about me and my new identity in Him. The Bible is filled from cover to cover…
