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Dwight Robertson once said, “The greatest gift you can give the world is your own intimacy with Christ.” Yet all too often we think that we can leave a mark on this world by our own efforts. Though we may not admit it to anyone else, including ourselves, we all too often are falsely confident  Continue Reading »

For my mom and I, it became routine. I would lie down next to her to read the same book that we had read at every other nap time and bedtime. The book cover was a little girl, not much older than me, bending down to smell a tulip. On the inside cover, in my  Continue Reading »

I KNEW EXACTLY HOW SHE FELT. I was sitting in the chapel service at my college as another student was on stage sharing with the student body. “I sat in the hall and cried,” she timidly stated. “The other students just stepped around me. I felt so alone. I was there with my head between  Continue Reading »

These confessions were written by Stephen Furtick, Pastor of Elevation Church. He wrote them in his book, “Sun Stand Still.” They following statements should serve as claims for confidence in Christ because who He is and what He can do through us. I am fully forgiven and free from all shame and condemnation (Romans 8:1-2,  Continue Reading »