Jeff Parker Proverbs 21:6 – “The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.” I am a white collar criminal. Most of my professional career was spent helping a great company grow its impact in spreading the Gospel through video. I worked at this company for nearly 11 …
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MERCY – A Calling and a Covering
Just earlier this week my four-year-old daughter, Eleanor, sinned against her twin sister, Maggie. Okay, well, she just ate her french fry, but still, to a four-year-old that’s almost unforgivable. Naturally, Maggie got upset and immediately Eleanor apologized, followed by an “it’s okay, I forgive you” from her sister. Directly after this exchange, Eleanor cowered …
CHAINED BY INSECURITY TO FREEDOM IN CHRIST
Rachel Elizabeth Harding Insecurity. This defined my life. I always felt too tall, too awkward, or too unattractive. These deep insecurities became painfully present when I began dating in high school. In order to receive male affection, I allowed myself to be used emotionally and physically. In those moments, I felt desired and wanted. Those …
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LOVE CAME DOWN AND SET ME FREE
Abbie Kampman Hi friends. Many of you may have already tuned in to my interview with Jamie Ivey (episode #168 on The Happy Hour podcast). If you haven’t listened, feel free to do so for further background on my story and the transformational journey God has taken me on. This summer, I set out on …
LITTLE SIN GROWS IN THE DARK
Shera O’Neal I met my husband, Trey, at church. Ironically, it was the same church that we would be married in about a year later. I was a freshman attending the Christian college where Trey had just transferred to in the small Wisconsin town where I grew up. I knew pretty much everyone – whether …
LEARNING TO LOVE AFTER BETRAYAL
Amanda Buccola “As much as I love God, you, Graham, and our unborn child, I loved myself more…I know that revealing this blackness inside of me is necessary…but I understand that in confessing this, the blackness and burden is now also felt by you.” Those words and many more were read to me one Tuesday …
FORGIVENESS
“Forgive and forget.” “Just hug it out.” “There is no use, they will just keep hurting you.” “They don’t care about what they have done.” “They can never repay what they have done to me.” Most of us have heard some of these phrases before and maybe even thought them ourselves. But are they true? …
GRACE
In Exodus 33:18, Moses boldly asks God, “show me your glory.” God graciously agrees, but He is so holy, that Moses has to hide behind a rock, and he’s only allowed to see God’s back as He passes by and proclaims His name. God introduces Himself to Moses as “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate …
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