He reached down from His realm — from His rightful place in heaven — into our realm, like a king laying his crown aside and rolling up his sleeves to get elbow-length deep in mud, feeling around for a diamond he lost that means more to him than the entirety of his kingdom.
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Our actions, our choice to believe the truth about our identity or reject it could be the key to everything we are and ever will be.
Read MoreIt's hard to see the church, the bride of Christ - who I love so deeply regardless of her flaws - critiquing a believer's right to proclaim the kingdom rather than rejoicing that the message of the kingdom is being proclaimed.
Read MoreLove is the only force strong enough to defeat fear and bright enough to expose its barrenness. Will we choose to live crippled by the fear of rejection, of facing our own inadequacies?
Read MoreI thought I liked hearing people admire my life and accomplishments and skills and decisions. And I'll confess there have been times when I wanted people to think I had it all together. But really it was a painful reminder that I didn't.
Read MoreJesus never promised it would be easy to believe without seeing, but he did promise we would be blessed beyond measure for it.
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