“So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.” (2 Corinthians 5:9, ESV) “Nothing I do seems to please him,” the desperate wife exclaimed. “When we were married I looked forward to doing things that make him happy. Now I feel like such a…
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The small chapel in a Charlotte, North Carolina, funeral home was overflowing just two days before Christmas. Unable to get a seat, I stood in the back with my family as scores of people spilled out into the lobby behind us. Our friend Nancy, fifty-seven, had just lost her battle…
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“I’d like to suggest that the single most important decision you will make in the coming years, the one that will have by far the biggest long-term impact, is this one: Will I remain open to fathering?” That’s the core question John Eldredge asks not only of his own son,…
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A mother is a person who has the fortitude and stamina to carry her child in her body for nine months and nurture it as God does His creative work. Mothers are God's vessel as He creates and shapes His perfect miracle. “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my…
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For so much of my life, I focused on how I could love God better and what I could do to show Him how much I loved Him. Now my focus has changed to receiving His love for me, imperfect Sandra McCollom. What has been the result? Choosing to boast…
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In a dungeon in Rome, facing imminent execution, the apostle Paul wrote: "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what shall I choose I cannot tell. For I am…
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Forgiveness brings freedom. I choke up when I think about the depth of forgiveness God has given me. I was a sinner, born into sin. I turned into someone who, for all intents and purposes, I probably shouldn't have become. I was raised pretty well in a good, loving family…
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This is probably one of the most difficult aspects of being a woman, or a Christian for that matter, we will ever encounter: we cannot do anything apart from Christ. Yes, I know you may have been told you can do anything you set your mind to; you may have…
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That morning, I took a leap of faith and trusted God to provide what I did not have. My joy reserves were at an all-time low, but if I offered them to God, perhaps like fishes and loaves, he could grant me a full belly and feed 4,999 others at…
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The ultimate motivation for all Christians is love – love for God and for others. But love is not just a feeling or an emotion. Love actually looks like something. Jesus gave us a picture of what it looks like when He said, "Greater love has no one than this,…
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