We are made to know God intimately, yet it can sometimes feel scary to approach God’s presence. Here we look at love and forgiveness through the lens of the audacious love of a sinful woman and we look to Song of Solomon as a model for intimate prayer.
While we may have had to endure grief and trials of many kinds, we can be assured that God will never leave us or forsake us and that he has good plans in store. Through radical surrender to his will, we can reach a place of peace in the midst of future unknowns.
Peace is not just a fleeting feeling: For all of us called to abundant life in Christ, it is a way of living that defies discouragement in even impossible circumstances. Jesus invites us to choose the good portion and to sit at his feet in peace.
It can be challenging to hear God above the noise and chatter of our thoughts and concerns. Yet God is our comforter and advisor in moments of uncertainty and he delights in us just as we are.
Our lives are full of myriad distractions that compete for our attention and all too often compromise our personal, professional and spiritual growth. God calls us to find ourselves in him and to really know him. Our spiritual growth, with God, matters eternally.
When we think of the story of the woman at the well, we can get hung up on the fact that she has had five husbands and the man she is living with now is not her husband, but the point of the story is that only the living water from Jesus can quench our desire for love in the deepest places. We can search for love on earth, but only the eternal satifies.
The world will tell us to chase love, but we can lose ourselves searching for it. The real transformation comes when we chase God and find the living water Jesus speaks about in John chapter 4.
In this blog, we’re shattering the misconception that women are in submission to men in a power-control dynamic, and we get real about the work of marriage and design of the marriage covenant. Marriage is hard work, yet Christ models sacrifice and service as the keys to thriving in marriage.
While the Bible offers a clear picture of the marriage covenant, it can be harder to discern what the Bible really says about divorce, as there are some gray areas left open for interpretation. Here we unpack a tough topic in the context of Jesus’ unfailing love and mercy.
Divorce is like a death and one of the most broken places we can find ourselves. It can also yield inner transformation and deeper joy. Here we set a right perspective when the church has often been too quick to judge.