We don’t have to work at fear. Fear is natural. Fear comes easy. Fear is an all-you-can-eat buffet. Fear is like the bottomless fries at Red Robin - it’ll keep coming until you say enough is enough. Faith, on the other hand, takes work. Not in the earn your salvation or God’s love kind of … Continue reading Doing The Hard Work of Faith
Your Struggle Is Not a Sign Of Your Strength
If you’re struggling with something today - whether it’s depression, anxiety, illness, job loss, grief, addiction, body image, conflict, etc. it does not mean you’re weak, less-than, or not good enough. The fact that you get out of bed each day and face what you have to face is a sign of how strong you … Continue reading Your Struggle Is Not a Sign Of Your Strength
When You Think You Can’t Talk to God
When pain and suffering break through the front door of our lives, we often feel angry, disappointed, and confused by God. Those are totally normal feelings to have when confronted with the hard things in life. In those moments our natural tendency is to run from God and hold back what we're really thinking and … Continue reading When You Think You Can’t Talk to God
Putting Love On In Our Relationships
Do you have a favorite shirt/outfit/sweater that you like? One of mine is a sweater I have in my office. Whenever I get cold, I put that sweater on. Likewise, what the Apostle Paul is saying in this verse is, to have unity in our community, we must put on love. How do we put … Continue reading Putting Love On In Our Relationships
One Secret to Better Relationships
It’s easy to make snap judgements about someone based on how they look, what they post social media, or what they say in the heat of the moment. But human beings are so much more complicated than that. Everyone has a story that goes way beyond what any one moment can cover. No one fits … Continue reading One Secret to Better Relationships
God’s Spirit IN You Is Greater Than Anything That Comes AT You
God’s Spirit IN you is greater than anything that comes AT you. No matter what you have to face today, your father in Heaven wants to face it with you. You don’t have to fight it or figure it out on your own. Reach out to him daily. Request his help. Release your burdens to … Continue reading God’s Spirit IN You Is Greater Than Anything That Comes AT You
Jeff McClung 