With the challenges of a pandemic topping off any difficulties we’re already facing, we may find ourselves experiencing loneliness even more deeply this year. Some of us may be physically alone, whereas others may be surrounded by many, and yet experiencing loneliness for any number of reasons or perhaps due to circumstances outside of our … Continue reading Call Out in the Loneliness: “O Come, Immanuel”
Tag: Rejection and Insecurity
Trusting God in Difficulty: Choosing to Be Still
Last Updated: July 2, 2020 Choosing to be still is often the most challenging thing to do in times of difficulty, yet God calls us to trust Him. Trusting Him is not always easy, but choosing to still our souls is always a wise first response to consider. Perhaps a loved one is in dire … Continue reading Trusting God in Difficulty: Choosing to Be Still
Experiencing God’s Love in Community
Last Updated: June 26, 2020 Did you know that some of the lies we struggle with can be extinguished as we do life together in our local church community? There are some lies we can be set free from especially as we do life with others in community. Things that can only be proven to … Continue reading Experiencing God’s Love in Community
Weary One, God Is Still at Work in You
Dear weary one, You may feel as if nothing is worthwhile any longer. You may feel that God is absence or disappointed in you. Perhaps you feel like a messier mess than anyone else alive! Sometimes our feelings simply do not line up with the truth. We seem to feel nothing at all. Other times, … Continue reading Weary One, God Is Still at Work in You
When Breakthrough Hasn’t Come: Seasons of Spiritual Dryness
At times you may experience seasons of spiritual dryness in your journey with God. Perhaps you feel as if you are in a desert wilderness. Your prayers seem to go without answer. Aching and longing, you wish some sort of breakthrough would come. You may even feel as if God is absent altogether. God’s promises … Continue reading When Breakthrough Hasn’t Come: Seasons of Spiritual Dryness
The Hidden Poison of Hurt
Hurts and wounds lodged within can poison us not only emotionally but physically and in other ways. Hurts within us can also poison those around us. Hurts and wounds occur when we are wronged, when things don't play out as we had hoped, or when we are misunderstood. Someone spreads a rumor or speaks negatively … Continue reading The Hidden Poison of Hurt