Devotionals
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Don’t Let Your Heart Grow Cold: Finding Healing Through God’s Word
When I kept it all inside, my bones turned to powder, my words became daylong groans. The pressure never let up; all the juices of my life dried up. Psalm 32:3–4 MSG Don’t Grow Cold I was in a counseling session with my long-trusted therapist. Some might call it an emergency therapy session. I’d emailed her a desperate message after something…
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Comfort in the Lonely Ache of Grief
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction. 2 Cor. 1:3-4, ESV I made it, I thought as I woke up the morning after Valentine’s Day. I’d started February 14 with a careless scroll through Instagram…
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A Love that Casts Out Fear
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear. 1 John 4:18 NKJV Her life on earth was ending. Despite our multiple attempts to gently correct the legalistic, merit-driven faith of her childhood, this woman we loved rejected the idea that salvation was found by grace alone. Instead, she clung to the idea that she needed to earn her way to heaven….
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Three Truths About Victory Over Fear
You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.” Lamentations 3:57 I have found fear to be like a shadow of something that appears larger than it is. Fear and anxiety have a way of distorting reality to make what is in front of us feel all-consuming. I remember the Holy Spirit…
