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God is Not Looking to Punish You

Are we honoring God saying the ramifications of our decisions are too great an obstacle for His cross? God is not looking to punish you; He wants to love.

How Does God Motivate Us Not to Sin?

We use accountability, consequences, shame, and guilt to motivate people not to sin. But, what does God use? How does God motivate us not to sin?

A Prayer to Remove Someone From Your Heart

The relationship ended, but you are stuck with some strange connection and a lot of pain. Your only hope is the prayer to remove someone from your heart.

Jesus Showed Up

Sometimes we are so caught up in trying to convince people of the Gospel that we forget to give people a chance to experience Jesus for themselves.

Does Your Life Make Zero Sense to UnBelievers?

We serve a God who tells us that His ways are not like our ways. Therefore our lifestyle cannot always make sense to natural thinking. Here is my story.

Embracing Freedom: Overcoming Your Shame with God’s Truth

You have no right to believe anything about yourself that God hasn’t said. Overcoming your shame involves replacing it with God’s truth.

The Spirit is Willing But the Body is Weak

Our spirit is strengthened in the presence of God, and we want our spirit strong because it is the part of us that is always desiring agreement with God.

Everything Jesus Died to Give

Stephen Roach’s song, Room Enough to Dream pulls at a core part of me, which God can do immeasurably more. Let’s go for everything Jesus died to give.

How Do You Understand Freedom in Christ?

Rules subvert dependence and deny you responsibility for your decisions. Freedom leads us to dependence on God to keep us from going astray.

The Problem with Promises

Promises to ourselves are designed to distance us from our pain, but what they really accomplish is to distance us from God and the life He has for us.

God is Ready to Give More Than We Want or Deserve

When we see that we have a loving Father who loves to give good gifts, we will have joy in our prayer lives. God is ready to give more than we deserve.

40 Charles Spurgeon Quotes on Prayer

The very act of prayer is a blessing. > Come read 80 Charles Spurgeon quotes on prayer.