We are tempted to alleviate our pain in many ways, but only one way brings lasting resolution.
Tag: relationship
Somehow, Jesus managed to subdue His flesh nature. He overcame opposition from sinners; He resisted the pull to become a sinner Himself.
It’s not only a fallen world that infects us with sin, it’s a fallen self.
“Two people are better than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9 NLT) You know what I genuinely love about being forty?…
“Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now how more tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way…
“He restores my soul…” (Psalm 23:3 NASB) John Eldredge writes about how the soul can be wounded and how wounding affects our relationship with our Father. I believe he’s right and I’ve been thinking about how Jesus dealt with the wounds of the world; both…
“Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not mine, but it is lived by faith in the son of God.” (Galatians 2:20 MSG) This text makes me think of the seagulls in Finding Nemo. You know the birds: they are aggressively…
“Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4 NIV) I grew up Catholic and Methodist. Most people can’t say that. My mother was an ordained minister and my father was a staunch Catholic. As a result…