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Faithful Marriage

1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Commitment, Deuteronomy 23:21-23, Endurance, Faithful, Faithfulness, God's Glory, Hosea 2:20, Image of God, Joy, Love, Marriage, Pixar, Proverbs 3:5-6, Romans 12:9

In the opening scenes of the Pixar movie Up, Carl and Ellie’s marriage is summed up by just a few moments, with no one…

Gaining By Losing

Acts 13:47, Counting the Cost, Death, Eternity, Faithfulness, Hostility, Jim Elliot, Mark 16:15, Mark 8:35, Matthew 5:15-16, Missionary, Perspective, Romans 1:16, Sacrifice, Salvation

Jim Elliot was an evangelical missionary who attempted to reach out to a small Indian settlement in Ecuador with a team. Unfortunately, the entire…

A Mother’s Love

Faithfulness, God's Love, Hebrews 12:7-11, Image Bearers, Imperfect, Jars of Clay, Luke 11:13, Matthew 6:26-27, Matthew 7:11, Motherhood, Parenting, Peace, Psalm 103:13, Reflection, Sharing, Vessels

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge The…

Brother Yun

Acts 4:31, Boldness, Evangelism, Faith, Faithfulness, Hebrews 13:16, Joshua 1:9, Persecution, Perseverance, Proverbs 28:1, Purity, Romans 12:1-2, Sacrifice, Saint, Witness

“Brother Yun is a Christian missionary who was saved at age 16 and felt called to witness in different parts of China. He was…

The Privilege of Suffering

1 Peter 4:13, Endurance, Faith, Faithfulness, Joshua 1:9, Joy, Overcoming, Philippians 3:10, Psalm 27:1, Romans 8:17, Sacrifice, Submission, Suffering, Surrender, Trust

Helen Roseveare was an English missionary who served in the Congo, enduring imprisonment and torture during its civil war. Of that traumatic time, she…

Dramatic Irony

2 Peter 3:10, Acts 1:10-11, Faith, Faithfulness, Hidden Things, Judgment, Luke 21:34-36, Matthew 24:36, Patience, Revelation 20:11-15, Studying Scripture, Surrendering, Thanksgiving, The Second Coming, Trusting God

The video below provides a great definition of dramatic irony—when an audience is in on a secret that the characters in a story don’t…

“Steadfast Love”

Active, Assurance, Binding, Deuteronomy 7:9, Faithfulness, Grace, Love, Persistent, Psalm 136:26, Psalm 86:15, Redemption, Repentance, Romans 5:8, Steadfast, Zephaniah 3:17

Lauren Chandler, wife to pastor of The Village Church’s Matt Chandler, recently wrote a book called Steadfast Love. She explores how far-reaching the Lord’s…

Sanctification Payment Plan

1 Timothy 6:11-12, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, Christian Life, Colossians 3:16, Context, Faithfulness, Growth, Intentionality, Perseverance, Romans 8:9-11, Sacrifice, Sanctification, Small, Steady

“We think giving our all to the Lord is like taking $l,000 bill and laying it on the table— ‘Here’s my life, Lord. I’m…