When we rest on the proverbial couch of Christ’s practice, we invite His presence into all the corners of our story.
Tag: help
There’s a point where what hurts today won’t hurt any longer.
Our God is helping us through that long, awkward stage between sinner and saint.
The strength of a soul is determined by the source of the soul.
“When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed.” (2 Samuel 4:1 NIV) Ish-Bosheth lost the war in his own heart before he lost the war in his land. He did what we are…
Friend, we cannot afford to waste seasons of suffering. Our personal hardships present unique and limited opportunities to learn something new and pertinent about our God. When fear and frustration hit, we handle it best by running to the throne room with our feelings in hand, ready to release them into God’s presence.
“There I will go to the altar of God – to God – the source of all my joy.” (Psalm 43:4 NIV) We go to the altar when we are happy or when we are sad. When we are whole or in desperate need of…
So often we attempt to carry our life in our own strength. And we wear ourselves out when we were meant to share our burden and with a holy and strong God.
“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before Him.” (Job 5:8 NIV) Now we have to take the words of Job’s friends with a grain of salt. These well-meaning cohorts suffered from slightly-flawed theology. That being said,…