Category: Biblical Application
Are you nice to come home to? Are you nice to work with? Do people like being around you? Part of the answer for each of us is connected to how well we live out Proverbs 15:30: The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones. ESV A cheerful look…[View Article]
Last week’s blog post inspired some conversation online and offline so I thought I would clarify some things. If you want to first check out last week’s post HERE, feel free. I talk a lot about a “squeaky clean heart” in my conversations and teaching about living the Christian life. By that, I mean that…[View Article]
Forgive us our debts as we have also forgiven our debtors. It is difficult to forgive people when we don’t feel like forgiving. -Perhaps the wrong is just too big, -Our hurt is simply too large and raw, or -The person will let us down again anyway. Though all of these thoughts…[View Article]
It is the last day of February and our last day of considering means to reflect God’s love. Thank you for going on the journey with me. Week 1: Speak well HERE. Week 2: Process emotions well HERE. Week 3: Forgive HERE Today, Week 4: Surrender Love dies. A verse I lean on frequently and…[View Article]
No matter how many times I participate in a Q&A after a talk, if forgiveness was even mentioned, it gets the most attention in discussion afterward. Forgiveness is an understandable sticking point in our spiritual lives. Each of us has suffered from the decisions, actions, words and sins of others. To hear the stories breaks…[View Article]