When you do trust in Christ, you become a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17). In other words, you are no longer defined by what you've done in the past. God is not judging you for your mistakes; he’s forgiven and forgotten them (Ps. 103:12). But how are you defining yourself?…
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I spent years hiding from the pain that sexual abuse and rape brought to my life. Because I didn't deal with the pain, the pain had a way of dealing with me. It manifested in extraordinarily low self-esteem and made me vulnerable to dysfunctional relationships. Eventually, as my life unraveled,…
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Knowing that all those who “arrive” have to begin where they are, I choose to begin now. At this moment, I will do something. For too long, I have allowed fearful thoughts to dominate my life. Now I recognize fear as a misuse of the creative imagination that has been…
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Another New Year. Another chance to make resolutions merely to be broken before winter thaws. Such is the human condition. We look to the newness with hope, but give up as soon as weakness causes us to stumble. By summer, we’ve completely forgotten about that promise we made to ourselves…
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We are approaching the celebration of the greatest gift God ever offered – the birth of our Savior the Lord Jesus. Through this gift, all mankind can receive forgiveness and fullness in this lifetime, as well as eternal life. God so loved all of us that He not only offered…
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I woke up and reached over to the bedside table for my phone to see what time it was. It was just three o’clock in the morning. I groaned. I slipped out of bed as quietly as I could. I didn’t want to wake my husband, or our three little…
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"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV) When fear attaches to our experience, it’s hard to separate the two without intentionally doing so. Since fear is a spirit and it’s not from…
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We couldn’t hold gospel outreaches and preach in Mozambique, but thankfully, the government said our visas still allowed us to enter to assist the poor. For the next couple of years, we often drove back and forth from our home in Nelspruit to Maputo and other points in Mozambique. Every…
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“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again?” (Matthew 5:13a) In Jesus' day, salt served as a preservative for meat. Salt did not prevent decay but delayed it. Salt gave the meat a longer shelf life, but…
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