SHAME: Chasing The Monsters Away: Defeating Shame and Condemnation,
There are monsters amongst us. And these are not the imaginary kind of monsters that you find in comic strips or movies about superheroes. These monsters are real. And they have names like shame, fear, condemnation, addiction, and abuse.… Read More SHAME: Chasing The Monsters Away by Dennis Lee McGuire
Nov 1, 2022Devotional by Melinda Priebe Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand shall save me. The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endure forever: forsake not the works… Read More Broken Light bulbs
Do not be afraid; only believe Mark 5: 36
I’ve read Chapter 5 in the Book of Mark in the Bible, several times. It has three intense stories packed into forty-three verses: The demon-possessed man who was healed, the synagogue’s ruler’s daughter who was dying, but was resuscitated, and the woman with the twelve-year flow cured of her affliction.… Read More Inviting Truth – Discounting Fear
We like to be comfortable with our beliefs. It becomes disturbing and challenging when confronted with a possible truth that causes us to change the way we’re thinking … or even the way we live our lives.
In the story of the Exodus, in Exodus 32, we find that the people of Israel seem to be abandoning their belief in God, in favor of an idol. The reality is, according to verse 4; they were worshipping the “God who brought them out of Egypt.”
He received their offering, and fashioning it with a tool, made a molten calf. Then they cried out, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you* up from the land of Egypt.
… Read More What God Do You Worship?
God Called Abram out of his homeland and told him to journey to a new place. When God called Abram, he wasn’t told where to go. God just said “Go”
“Go out from your land and from your relatives, and from the house of your father, to the land that I will show you.”… Read More A Call and A Promise
Our Author and Perfector
Hebrews 12:2 “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before us, endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
A beloved old hymn begins, “I love to tell the story, of unseen things above, of Jesus and his Glory of Jesus and his love.” Stories have been an integral part of my life since I can remember, from my early childhood days in Sunday School to becoming an avid reader throughout my youth and adulthood, … Read More Our Author and Perfector