Serenity is a synonym for peace and tranquility, the opposite of anxiety. It isn’t affected by the things that go on around us, good or bad. It is a type of peace that is constant even in the unstable chaos of the world. Looking at everything going on in theworld today, it can sound a
It is allowing the Holy Spirit exercise restraint over our natural impulses, emotions and desires such that our flesh is subdued and our Spirit is heightened. Self Control is Control of Self 1 Cori…
Jesus is usually portrayed as a gentle, meek and mild man, but he showed his gentleness and meekness when he was about to be crucified.
I’m so quick to forget my identity. When I say something that I’m not proud of, when I react with stress and anxiety instead of with peace, and when I make quick judgements instead of extending grace, it’s because I’m forgetting who God says I am. Instead of acting out of the identity God has given me, I’m acting out of my “old self.” (Romans 6:5-7) Sometimes, I think we need to pray and declare God’s truths for our identity over ourselves. I heard this analogy recently that as followers of Jesu
“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” (Prov. 25:28) “Oh no! I did it again.” How many…
The New Year lies just around the corner. The time when scores upon scores of us set resolutions. And while there is nothing wrong with goal setting and self-improvement in and of itself, many of us have already started down the path of self-degradation. We put expectations on ourselves while we simultaneously already fear failure. […]
Michelle Williams Has a New Bible Plan on YouVersionSo, this weekend an alert popped up on my Google stories showing that Michelle Williams has a new Bible plan
Lessons from the Widow of Zarephath (For the full story read 1 Kings 17) Have you ever been in a desperate situation or felt like you cou…
Self control is the control that pushes us to these brave moments of vulnerability. Because self is involved. We don’t get to “give it over to God.”
Gentleness is not soft and fluffy. Gentleness is the presence of being “there” and going in again and again and again.It’s badass.
Aslan Singing the World into ExistenceWe listened to C.S. Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew on our holiday in Ireland.It’s brilliant. I love the way Lewis puts literary and mythic flesh on Biblical verses and ideas—Aslan singing Narnia into being; Aslan touching his nose to dumb beasts to give them the power of speech; Fledge telling Diggory, […]