A love story made in heaven: God and you The way we view God, or think about God, can shape our relationship with Him. To guide us in this endeavor, God uses many metaphors to help us come to know Him in a personal and deeper way. For example, in the Bible, God uses the metaphor of a shepherd and sheep, a father and child, a vine and branches,…
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While I can hide junk by shutting the door on my cluttered closets, I can’t hide from God what’s in my cluttered heart.
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Nearly 30 years ago, Phil Vischer created the animated series VeggieTales. In 2003, he lost control of the brand, and the series strayed from their original Christian roots. But that's all about to change.
We know that evil exists and we shouldn’t follow it, but that can be easier said than done.
It’s when we feel we’ve reached our lowest point yet, or when death is approaching those we love that we call to mind the words of Romans 8:35-39
Your old self is buried and gone. You are a glorious new creation in Jesus! So walk forward in faith, confident in what God has done and continues to do to make you who you are meant to be.
When you don't feel like forgiving, remember that love covers a multitude of sins.
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God has given us His commandments, but somehow we have turned His law from a way to grow closer to him, into a rule book that drives us further away.
To some degree, everybody grows up in a world where love is conditional. I think we have a hard time not projecting that onto God as if He can’t be any different.
The hope we have in Jesus is not a promise to avoid hardship, but rather that God Himself meets us in our hardship and empowers us to overcome our suffering.
As children of God, we have the power and authority to ask for what it is we need and then receive what He has for us.
