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As a recovering judgmental snob, I've had a lot of experience with guilt. I've logged more frequent flyer miles with guilt trips than I care to admit. But what God's taught me, over and over again, is that guilt doesn't work. Here are four reasons why. 1. It’s...
God is sovereign. But whenever someone says that God is sovereign, most people fall into one of three categories: Those who have no idea what “sovereign” means. Those who feel discouraged by God’s sovereignty because the only time they ever hear about it is after...
God is love. It may be the very first thing that you learned about Him. Before you learned that He created you, before you learned that He sent His son, before you learned that He has a plan for your life, you probably sang this: “Jesus loves me, this I know. For the...
Every year in October, I remember my sweet little boy, Benjamin. He was supposed to come into the world on the perfect day: 10/10/10. Instead, Jesus called him home while he was still in my tummy, and my husband and I had to say goodbye before we even got a chance to...
God is holy. That description seems so simple and final, but wrapped within that little four-letter word is an infinite horizon of explanation. “Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy” (Ps. 99:9 NIV). Yes, He is holy,...
You know that God is everywhere, but don’t you wish you could feel Him sometimes? Don’t you wish you could experience His presence physically instead of just spiritually? God is omnipresent, which means that He is everywhere at once. He is not confined by walls,...
In exploring our series, What is God really like?, a fair question to ask is, Does God really know everything? And to put it plainly, yes, yes He does. God is omniscient, or more simply, He is all-knowing. His knowledge is not limited by time, space or darkness. And...
Omnipotent is a word used to describe God and it simply means all powerful. Of all of the things we could look at to discover what God is really like, I chose to start here because I want you to know one thing first and foremost: God can. If you’ve ever thought about,...
The first words I ever learned to describe God were great and good, and I learned them from this familiar children’s prayer: "God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen." I didn’t question it. I didn’t analyze it. I just believed it. But then God...
Once upon a time, there was a mother who made the perfect lunch for her little boy. Perfect. Isn’t that the goal of every back-to-school mom? To make perfect lunches for your child? Five seconds on Pinterest will show you that the perfect school lunch is: Healthy – No...
When my husband came home from work the other day, I met him at the door and said, "This is "the day." I knew it was coming sometime, and now it's here. This is the day that I am officially done with summer!" If you're a mom, you've probably had your own version of...
Sometimes I forget that God knows my needs before I do. He reminded me of that one particular Sunday morning a few years ago. Sunday morning blowout I seldom see people I know as I drive on the freeway, but that morning, I recognized a good friend as I drove to...