Scripture encourages us to keep their memory alive—that it is a blessing to recount the treasured memories that we have. It is comforting to know that the goodness of their lives continues to live on. As my pastor says, “Gratitude is the antidote to grief.” So with a heart of ...
Or a person never meets “the right person.” Or a marriage does not result in children for whatever reason. But either way, there’s this clear drive to go on in some form or fashion. I believe this drive for eternity we see exhibited in so many ways is present in us because ...
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.New Living TranslationSo we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back ...
1. **Grace-Filled Growth**: God understands our limitations and meets us where we are. Our spiritual journey is more about transformation and growth than about arriving at a state of perfect understanding. Embracing grace means accepting our imperfections and those of others. 2. **Personal Jour...
Those words, spoken by an Ethiopian eunuch from the passage of scripture that you’re going to hear in a few minutes, kept ringing in my ears this week! Look, here is water! Nova Scotia has 7400 km of coastline. No matter where you are in NS, you are never more than… Continue ...
God wants us where we are for a reason. He is the one who puts us there, who doesn’t let us go outside the boundaries of His purposes for us. Maybe it’s because we’re not as gifted as we think we are. Maybe He knows we couldn’t handle the pressure or the temptation of ...
we’re empowered to do His will and more than we ever thought possible. Now I know that on this side of heaven I will never perfect the art of being fear-free, but as I live in God’s love, spending time getting to know Him better through prayers, reading scripture and meditating, ...
Most of us, if we try, can reach a level of goodness using those indicators. But Jesus reminds us we look on the outside, God looks on the heart. And that’s where the rubber meets the road. If I have hate in my heart for anyone, if I nurture anger toward someone, if I gossip...
“Scripture also refers to all believing people as ‘living stones’ in 1 Peter 2:5. “Even in the story of David and Goliath, the shepherd took ‘smooth stones’ (1 Samuel 17:40) as the weapon to defeat the evil giant, because we the believers are, on the metaphoric level, the fe...
The Reformers of the 16thcentury had to battle for what we take for granted: that we are saved by grace alone (sola gratia), through faith alone (sola fide), in Jesus alone (solus Christus); that Scripture, and not my feelings, nor the church, nor a priest, is my final authority in...