Forgive Your Parents (2)

‘Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.’ Luke 6:37 NLT Once you understand that some parents aren’t capable of giving their kids what they didn’t get themselves—namely love, nurturing, acceptance, and physical affection—it becomes easier to forgive them. Stormie...

Forgive Your Parents (1)

‘Be kind to one another, tender–hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.’ Ephesians 4:32 ESV There is nothing worse than the pain some parents can inflict on their kids. Often it comes from ignorance, but that doesn’t lessen the hurt when you’re...

Learning From Lepers

‘As they went, they were cleansed.’ Luke 17:14 NKJV Ten lepers saw Jesus and shouted, ‘“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”…He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he...

Don’t Let Your Feelings Control You

‘Carefully guard your thoughts.’ Proverbs 4:23 CEV When it comes to everyday living, you can walk according to the unchanging principles of God’s Word or by your constantly changing feelings. When you live by God’s Word, you have stability. When you live by feelings,...

Acknowledging God’s Sovereignty

‘God is good.’ Romans 12:1 CEV Paul writes, ‘God is good. So … offer your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice …Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to Him.’ (Romans 12:1–2 CEV) There are two ways to understand God’s sovereignty [authority,...