What Is It Like Being A Pastor or A Pastor’s Wife?
What is it like to walk in your pastors’ shoes? Does being your pastor bring them joy? Or does it make them groan?
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How would you answer Bert’s question?
Every bad decision we made years, months, days – or even minutes – ago affects us (and possibly those we share life with). We may never know how much our actions steal from us and others around us. Choosing to obey God’s directions can be hard, but not as hard as living with the consequences of sin. This is why I’m forever thankful God is in the business of redemption. While this doesn’t mean He’ll remove the consequences of our choices, it does mean that, after we repent, we can move forward with a clean heart.
Continue reading →The Progressive Nature of Sin
When you think about some of the worst acts you’ve ever committed, can you recall how you got to that point? One wrong thought gave way to another, which led to an immoral choice, which gave birth to a lie. The lie led to another wrong thought, another immoral choice, another lie.
Continue reading →Are You Ready To Stop Backsliding?
We have no hope of changing if we don’t change who or what we surrender ourselves to. Whether we’re yielding to peer pressure, fear of failure, rejection or the devil himself, we’ve got to do whatever is necessary to start loving God more than we love our sin.
Continue reading →When Our Choices Enslave Us
Are we going to follow God and live for Him each day – one choice at a time – or are we going to remain enslaved to behavior we hate more and more every day?
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