Jun 25, 2017

What does it take to forgive someone else? Forgiveness is not mindless detachment, focusing on a positive future, or a power play over others. Forgiveness is an act of pure grace fueled solely by the Holy Spirit—seeking to move beyond the hurt, anger, betrayal, and sin with the ultimate goal of restoring the...

Jun 20, 2017

Life is tough, even when its good. Forgiveness is one of those tough things. Being forgiven is especially difficult to embrace when we are broken. When we do things that hurt ourselves or others, how difficult is it for us to let ourselves rest in God’s promise. “If we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just...

Jun 12, 2017

How do I know God loves me? “In this…the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.” (1 John 4:10) It is God’s first activity that models love without condition and it is also God’s forward promise to give us what we need. To know it is...

Jun 5, 2017

We can’t live without air…and we can’t live without the Spirit of God. Invisible, powerful, mysterious, life giving—God’s provision is an eternal promise of presence. The promise is not based on who we are, but wholly on who God is. To be fully and completely alive is to be filled with the Holy Spirit of...