The Lord is moving among us in Corinth and at Crosswind to stir up a heart for people without Christ. New power and new boldness are coming to many. We need to get ready!
Jesus is the wonderful counselor, the gift of the wisdom of God to the people of God. Jesus in us is the antidote to the natural, self serving instincts from the fallen nature.
Humility is an essential characteristic of meaningful relationships. Every quarrel and relationship tension will dissolve in the magic solution of Gospel centered humility.
“Seriously, you expect me to trust him after what he has done?! He’s got a long way to go to earn my trust.” We’re going to examine this common belief and see if it gets you what you want, to be able to trust again.
Forgiveness isn’t an easy topic for most of us. Letting go of blame, shame, and all the emotions buried deep beneath our exterior in any relationship (spouse, friend, parent, etc) is a battle. The powerful and indispensable relationship healing action we all must take is simply this: come clean and forgive your friends when they do.
Many times the foundations of relationships are built wrong, so when the ongoing relationship begins to expose cracks in the walls we look to fix the walls when it's really a foundation problem.
There are times where we are overwhelmed by our mistakes, we'll never be the same, we'll never be happy again. But God says otherwise... hope for the sinning saint.
Depression is a spectrum problem, that means it is suffered in many varieties and in degrees. We all suffer some forms of it. God is our helper and wonderful counselor.
Many relationships are "love starved” with their batteries running low. Love is an active ingredient that feeds and fuels relationships. Phones run out of juice and so do relationships. Get “charged up”!