The Peter Factor: 12 Life Lessons from a Redeemed Failure
If Peter’s story had ended with his denial, we might conclude he’s a failure. But he isn’t,...
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A Loss for Christ Is Our Greatest Gain
As children of God, what we accumulate and experience here on earth isn’t our reward. Earth is...
Read MoreA Fool-Proof Life Litmus Test
We will never escape our flesh, the devil, or the pressures of this world to conform to its ways. Satan knows what’s at stake when God’s people live holy, set-apart lives: His faithfulness to His promises are on full display, and the gospel is preached from the platform of their lives. It’s exactly what God wants, and the very thing the devil schemes to destroy. Holy living matters, and the Bible tells us how. When it doesn’t specify a do or don’t, hold up whatever is in question to these scriptures and see if the Lord doesn’t make His answer perfectly clear. Check out this Fool-Proof Life Litmus Test.
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Beware the Lingering Loiterer
There it sits on my bathroom counter, a pink sticky note with two words scribbled in pencil: No lingering. It’s been there several weeks like a “No Loitering” sign that warns against aimlessly lurking with nothing to do but find trouble, heading off problems before they stir. That’s what my sticky note is doing for me: coaching me along, keeping me accountable. It’s there because I was spending a lot of time in front of the mirror, dissatisfied. From full-length to magnified and lit up close, I was studying myself; the more I did, the more I found to criticize.
Read MoreBeautiful in a Rocky Place
Today’s post is co-authored by Jill Williams, a precious friend and mom of two boys, ages 14 and 12. She has been married to her husband, Corey, for18 years and is a Proverbs 27:17 woman, iron sharpening iron and a friend who...
Read MoreTaming the Christmas Monster
With the onset of the harried holiday season, I am breaking from my Now Faith series one last week to share a timely litmus test I pray will liberate us from unnecessary obligations and distractions that tend to rob us of the...
Read MoreIs Halloween Okay for Christians?
A few days ago, I caught a glimpse of a snapshot of me modeling my fifth-grade, home-made fairy princess outfit complete with foil-covered cardboard wings slipped over the sleeves of a white cotton nightie gown. My perfectly...
Read MoreThe Cure for Cultural Cancer
Today ends my rant on parenting against cultural cancers that threaten our children’s spiritual health. Are you relieved? Have I beaten a dead horse? Please indulge me this last post, because what I have to say really doesn’t...
Read MoreA Caution Against Common Sense
As our daughters approach new seasons of life – one adolescence, one the world of 16, and another moving away for college – cut-and-dry, black-and-white answers about boundaries can be as clear as mud! Don’t get me wrong, there...
Read MoreSeparate Not Severed
Even as I ranted my Dixie cup prayer last week, exasperated from endlessly bailing the swelling sea of cultural contaminants from my family, I received my answer: “In it not of it.” I’ve heard it preached and repeated in...
Read MoreA Dixie Cup Prayer
Can I whine for a moment, Lord? Can I tell you how weary I am of how hard it is to remain faithful in a faithless world? How exhausted I am with the unrelenting cultural campaign to turn our children’s hearts away from You? Can...
Read MoreLetting God’s Word Define You
Self-image might very well be one of the most difficult issues girls and women deal with. We compare our insides to other peoples’ outsides, and if you’re like me, we come up short every time. The real measure we should use is...
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MEET SHAUNA
An inspirational writer, teacher, and speaker, Shauna Wallace burns with passion to see women experience the fullness of God's grace, faithfulness, peace, joy, protection, and provision by becoming wholly His. Continue reading…
