FREE COPY OF POST: Overcoming Perfectionism 08.19.14 Key Verse: “So don’t be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself? On the other hand, don’t be too wicked either. Don’t be a fool! Why die before your time? Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes. Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 PERFECTIONISM A monster disguised in pretty clothes. Its victims look put together at all times. Their homes are spotless. Their grades, commendable. Their hair is in Continue Reading
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Dear subscribers: We have redesigned the blog to have different feeds for Portuguese and Spanish posts. This way, if you are an English Speaker, you will not receive Spanish or Portuguese posts any longer. However, if you are Spanish speaking or Portuguese Speaking subscribers, you will have to go to the Portuguese page or Spanish page and subscribe to receive the posts there again. You can then delete the regular English subscription if you so choose. Thank you for your patience as we Continue Reading
Meddling with God’s Plans
Passage: Numbers 11 Key Verse: The LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not.” V. 23 One million people. Bad attitudes. A desert. Hunger and lust. One tired leader. Not a great picture. When we get to the eleventh chapter of Numbers, Moses had been leading the Jews out of Egypt for a long time. It’s here that we find the people complaining about the manna that fell from Heaven each day. They were sick of it. They Continue Reading
When It’s Hard To Forgive Again…
Click HERE for a FREE printout Passage: Matthew 18: 21-35 Key Verses: "Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” Vs.21-22 “I’m sorry for being mean today,” the little one says. Sissy replies: “It’s ok. I was mean too. And I’m sorry.” They laugh, hug and turn on their music: “You make everything glooorious, I am Continue Reading
Weekend Column for the Atlanta Journal Constitution: Finding God Amid The Pain And Tragedy
The noise was quite unbearable. Our conversation had to stop when we approached the construction site. After finishing at the High Museum,Dad and I walked up Peachtree Street for a stroll around the city. Large construction crates could be spotted in the area, as new buildings sprung up all over midtown Atlanta. I stopped beside one particular construction site, where the intense noise was coming from. Peeking through a hole, I saw a sturdy worker operating a jackhammer. Sweat poured down his Continue Reading
Pressing On – When You Can’t “Forgive Yourself”
Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 Key Verse: “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” V.17 I've met several people along the years who claimed that they couldn't stop thinking about their past sins, those decisions they made before accepting Christ as their Savior. One particular lady suffered with self-depreciating thoughts for many years following her salvation. Although she believed God had cast her sins as far as Continue Reading
