Am I Grasping the Height of God’s Love? Part 4 of 4

Sometimes, fighting my own thoughts feels like climbing a mountain. There are slippery slopes, jagged, painful edges, and dangerous cliffs. Being out of my comfort zone can bring on thoughts that are not based on truth and, hence, a mountain climbing expedition! I recently found myself outside of my comfort zone and started questioning my worth and abilities. I began assuming what others were thinking of me. None of the thoughts were ones that I should’ve considered true, yet there I was thinking upon them. They felt high and unscalable as if they could weigh me down…

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Am I Truly Grasping the Length of God’s Love? Part 2 of 4

“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”

Psalm 107:3

Even though I know God’s truths and may have recently been refreshed by them, a feeling can descend upon me that is as if I am far from God.  Whether it be sin, pitiable life circumstances, or wrong thinking sending me on a downward dark spiral; there are life moments when it can feel like there is a length between me and God.

When I feel this way, it…

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Am I Truly Grasping God’s Love? Introduction to a Four-Part Series

He was imprisoned over three hundred years ago for preaching God’s Word.

He knew what it was like to want to escape the snares of sin, wrong thinking, trials, and tribulations. At the age of 16, he lost his mother and sister. As a young man, he confessed to being, “the very ringleader of all the youth that kept me company, in all manner of vice and ungodliness.” He and his first wife had four children. This first wife passed away leaving him with four small children, one of them blind.  He was remarried…

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Friday Fun…Blog Swap

I want to introduce my friend, Misty, to you today!  Misty is visiting here and I’m writing over on her blog, Simply Helping Him, about Our Children…Gifts to the World.

Misty’s blog always moves me to want to serve the Lord and my husband more passionately.  Make sure you check out her inspiring site after reading her great reminder to us about God’s grace:

Grace…

Often we talk of grace; how we’ve received it, thus we should show it to…

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