“And the second is equally as important.” Equally important to loving God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength is… Loving your neighbor as you love yourself. Matthew 22:39 This one’s hard isn’t it? Loving imperfect people? People can’t see our hearts. They can’t tell how much we love God . . . except by…
Ooh, you can’t believe… she said that. you didn’t get invited. they didn’t include your child. he criticized your efforts after you tried so hard. she told your secret. he __________. You’re hurt. Yes, you’re angry too. So, now what? Should you say something? Should you confront them or not? Based on the fact that…
I don’t give much parenting advice because well . . . I don’t have much to give. Each child is unique and what worked for me may not work for you and what didn’t work for me might be the answer for you.
Since our children have been grown for some time, I do however have some advice on loving your adult children well.
I don’t know about you, but I struggle with the idea of self-love. If you Google “love yourself” you’ll find a plethora of thoughts on the subject . . . some good, some not. So I went to the Bible and searched for “love yourself” there, and… 10 places in the Bible it says, “Love…
You can read tons of posts about loving or not loving the church, but the truth is it’s not the church that frustrates us. It’s the people in the church. The church as the family of believers. And… Families are messy and church families are no exception because any time you put imperfect people together ….
Love is in the air and I’m excited! It’s February so of course, The Faith Project has to examine and live out love. What can you expect? Ways to live out loud our love for God, and tips and ideas to help you apply the 5 Love Languages to your relationships. I believe intentionally looking for…
The last post of the month – The Faith Project look at Freedom – What’s Good and What Needs to be Better. Freedom from… Sin, Death, and Satan’s PowerYour PastYour Inner PhariseeFear Freedom to… Sin BoldlyTo Worship in Spirit and TruthPlan Your Messy LifeBe Who You’re Created to BeLIVE So, What’s Good? After this month-long…
Bring Good News to the poor.Proclaim that captives will be released, The blind will see, and the oppressed will be set free. Those words may sound familiar. They come from Sunday’s Bible readings found in Luke 4 and I’m guessing the subject preached on from many pulpits. I don’t often share my thoughts on Sunday’s sermon here…
Did you know . . . it’s award season? I know how could you miss it. Right? Countless celebrities looking for their trophy and recognition. But the celebrities aren’t alone are they? We all want that “I’m better than you are” recognition. We’re always keeping score. In our career. Our lifestyle. Our parenting. Then there’s our…
Are you committed to your daily planner? I start every year with good intentions. I buy the “perfect” planner. This year I even bought stickers, stamps, and decorative tape. Really. I love all those cute planner posts I see on Pinterest and in my head, I want one that beautifully documents my days. But in…
Did you know the word worship is used 496 times in the NLT version of the Bible? 496 times. Do you think worship is important to God? You and I were created to worship and we will worship someone or something. It’s built in. I think that’s why God spoke about it so often. Who,…
You’ve heard the quote from Martin Luther, “Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.” I woke up the other morning with the words “sin boldly” on my mind. Not your typical opening thought for the day? Not mine either. I believe it was God’s nudge for me…
Two weeks into The Faith Project and it’s time for the first update. So, how’s it going? Well, some good and some not so good. The Good Trusting that my freedom is complete because of Jesus is going great. I believe Jesus has made me: 1. Free from the guilt and shame of sin.2. Free from slavery…
I chose freedom as my first focus word for change in The Faith Project because although I can’t remember a time when I didn’t believe in Jesus as my Savior, I haven’t always lived in His freedom and I want that to change. I want to know more. To dig deeper. And to live out that…
If the Son sets you free, you are truly free. John 8:36 I don’t know about you, but I have trouble living under the freedom of forgiveness. I love dredging up old feelings of guilt and worrying over past sins. Okay, I don’t really love it. But I’m good at it. There’s nothing like living…
I’m starting The Faith Project with a closer look at freedom. What is it? What does it mean for me? How can I live faithfully aware of the freedom I have in Jesus. Jesus said to the people who believed in Him: “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And…
I like “noise.” I can spend the first few hours of the day in silence, but by mid-morning my music goes on, and later it’s the television. It took a long time, but I finally realized that I work better when background noise forces me to concentrate. Thank-you ADD. I do wonder if constant noise…
It’s hard to overcome negativity. I’ve had times when it seemed like the gray cloud above me stretched as far as I could see in every direction. Friends and family would remind me of blessings they could see in my life. And although I knew they were right, what wasn’t loomed larger than what was . . . at least…
The dictionary defines Sin as … deliberate disobedience to the known will of God. But that is a watered-down meaning of sin. If we believe that only deliberate disobedience is sin, it’s easy for us to think of ourselves as good. Are you seeing a little self-righteousness here? And if we don’t see our sin … we…
God says “no.” Now what? What are you supposed to do when you feel like God is the One who allowed your broken heart? It is your heart’s desire. And the Bible says,… Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires. Psalm 37:4 But for reasons beyond your ability to understand…
