Encouragement for life following in the footsteps and way of Jesus.
In “Christ in Us, the Hope of Glory,” Charity speaks to the unrest many of us are experiencing. With Christ in us, rest is always available as we are reminded of the hope of glory.
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Jesus is supreme. In Him, all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell and to reconcile all things to Himself. We have been given peace by His blood. Peace that leaves us reconciled, holy, blameless and above reproach before God.
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We are all growing at God’s pace. This doesn’t mean we sit back and don’t participate in our spiritual formation. It means that God isn’t angry at us for being something we’re not yet. His Spirit is gentle and kind to form us little by little into the image of Christ.
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To live in the newness of life: A prayer from reflection on Psalm 142 with contribution from Luke, Romans, Ephesians and Colossians.
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Increasing in the knowledge of God allows us to be filled with the knowledge of His will. As we know Him, He produces good fruit in our lives.
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We can’t love others until we know what it is to be loved, until we receive Love. We must constantly remind ourselves of this as we strive to figure out how to be loved by God while loving others in His name. It is a process that the Spirit walks with us in great patience and gentleness. We won’t be perfect and that is okay. God sees that our hearts’ desire is for Him. Don’t be afraid of messing up or failing because it will happen no matter how hard we try to prevent it. The beauty is that God’s grace covers us and this frees us to get up, to keep pursuing God knowing that He is better than anything else in this world and to continue to love others for His glory.
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You are a saint saved by grace—perfect yet being sanctified. Even if you feel defeated by sin, know that you are not defined by it. Christ has defeated sin and death, and His victory is ours by grace.
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I’m sitting here on my couch and here they come—those thoughts again attacking my identity. They wash over me and threaten to pull me under like the rip current of the ocean at high tide.
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