We don’t need better self-control and improved self-discipline. Our own efforts at cleaning up our lives will fail. We need God’s purifying and refining. Better self-control and improved self-discipline will result from God’s cleansing work in our lives, but those two wonderful character traits will not produce effective cleansing in God’s eyes.
God Deals With Sinner and Saint
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For Hopelessness and Fear, What?
Hopelessness and fear already abound on every side. What can we offer those snared by these awful predators? Read it all
Responding to All People With Grace and Integrity
God calls on me (and therefore, empowers me) to respond to the Jacobs, the Josephs and the brothers in my life on the basis of His grace and integrity…not according to how they are and how they treat me. Read it all
Great Commission: Carry Forward What Jesus Began
Jesus began the teaching which He expects the church to carry forward. Read it all
Don’t Let Your Feelings About Yourself Hinder God
Faith in God is more important than how you feel about yourself. Your job is to be available, trusting God to equip you to do His work. Read it all