Confessing our sins to God and repenting from those sins is not something we talk about a lot in our Christian circles. I think a lot of people believe you should repent and confess once as a step of salvation and then you're done. I also think that people don't like to confess because we live in a society that's all about competition and one up-ing each other. We don't like to admit when we're wrong. But confessing to God and repenting from our sins is an ongoing process. We constantly fall …
It’s Not The End
My three favorite holidays are Christmas, Easter and Independence Day. This week- beginning with Palm Sunday, the day Jesus was welcomed with palm branches and ending with Good Friday. A day of death. Of atonement. Of one innocent man dying a horrible and painful death so that all may live. Not because we asked Him too, but because He loved us. In all of our broken, ugly, dirtiness. He loved us. Even as our sins nailed him to that piece of wood. The crowds that went ahead of him and those …
Plugging in to Your Ultimate Power Source
As you go through life, and things come up, do you find that sometimes you end up feeling like you are spinning your wheels without much change happening or progress being made? I don’t know about you, but with me that happens far more often than I care to admit; but I am going to admit it, right here right now. What I have come to find is that I find myself relying on my self, my own problem-solving abilities, my own strength, and my own power. Which is why I often times find myself spinning …
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When Faith Says “Give Up”
To say someone has faith implies that they believe in someone or something. Regardless of circumstances or feelings, faith says "I will keep going and stand firm simply because I believe". So, when would faith ever tell you to just give up? Well, it does a lot actually, we just rarely listen. There are so many things in this world and in our Christian walk that requires us to work and serve, to break and grow, to weep and pray. Yet I would say that there are also an equal amount of things that …