…God is inviting us to bring our sinful hearts to him and trust in his goodness, his greatness, and his grace.
Author: James Paulgaard
Living in the in between, becoming, but not quite there yet, old and new mixed together, hanging on with all my might to the One who is holding onto me.
Living in God’s Abundant Love
Only God’s love can change us into being people who love him in return, and gladly accept and live by the structure he gives us because we know that it is good for us and others.
Conquering Giants
The stronger our faith in God to defeat the giants in our life and the more areas of our life to which we apply that giant-slaying faith, the weaker anxiety’s ability will be to rule over our lives.
The Lamb That Saves & Sets Free
Jesus is not only our Savior, he is also our North Star, the Guiding Light by which we orientate our entire life. Jesus is the One who helps us assess the vast array of information coming at us and determine which we should act on and how.
From Frustration to Freedom
Our lowest points, our pits of frustration and our valley of despair, those moments when we feel most like throwing our hands in the air and giving up, can be the moments when we finally fully turn the situation over to God. And then he steps in and starts to make things work out for good with his mighty power.
Encountering the Holy in the Ordinary
… God chooses to work through human weakness because that is what we need to happen for us to realize that it is actually God who is doing the really good things all along. Confronted with the realization that God is actually the One who is making the good things happen in this world, our internal compass shifts from a self-centered focus, which is our natural bent, to a Yahweh-centered focus, and our eyes open up to see the rich, full, abundant life that we have in and with him.
The Opportunity of Advent
One of the many beautiful things about the Christian faith it that it resonates with all the facets of the human soul throughout all stages of human life.
From Pit to Purpose
We need compassion from the outside to transforms us on the inside into becoming people who live a purpose-filled life. And that compassion comes to us through Jesus.
Back to the Garden
…Jesus is taking us back to the Garden, where all wrongs will be made right, all brokenness will be healed, and we will get to live in the presence of God, loving, serving and praising him forever.
The Journey of Faith
We have an incredible God who chooses unlikely people to do incredible things for him. But there really is no risk in choosing to follow God because he is the one who makes all things work out for good in the end.
