Encore: Satisfied in God
For both this week and next weeks His GPS for Your SOS podcast episode, we would like to present to you the most popular episodes of the podcast in this special encore presentation. We hope you enjoy!
The Light of The World
The Light of The World
Buried Treasure and the Incomparable Gains of Following Jesus
Sometimes when unbelievers hear about the hallmarks of the Christian life, they dwell on what they believe they must sacrifice. But beneath the surface of that simplistic assessment of what might be forfeited lies a singularly beautiful truth. What truth might that be, you might wonder? Well, it’s…buried treasure and the incomparable gains of following Jesus. Follow The Leader The concept of following is quite elementary. As children, we are all taught the game of Follow the Leader. The idea is for the young or non-indoctrinated to follow someone who knows what they are doing or where they are going. Following means simply falling in line behind that leader and…
Balancing Strength and Tenderness
Confronting Your Dark Side
How We Can Truly Strive for Peace
Lush olive branches. A circle with three lines in the middle. A hip oral salutation made to friends or strangers. These symbols and gestures communicate peace. Indeed peace, by its very nature, sounds like a passive state that befalls rather than is chosen. I once bought into that line of thinking, too. I believed the feeling of peace would befall like a fresh spring rain on the willing, repentant Christian. But for peace to be more than “just a wish your heart makes” as Cinderella might say, it must be an intention. I’ve been pondering how we can truly strive for peace. In 1 Peter 3:11, Jesus’s disciple speaks of…
Retrofitting for Spiritual Earthquakes
Hindrances and Obstacles
Razor-Edged, Sacrificial “True” Love
Picture it: 3:30 a.m. on a cold February morning in 2018. The pain of my new artificial knee had reached a nine. Indeed, my six inch-long centipede of a scar felt like it would rip open from my agony. So I quietly sobbed alone in my bed, not wanting to disturb anyone. My sleepy husband padded down the hallway. He heard me crying and systematically proceeded to add ice to the machine designed to freeze out my pain. In that moment, my adult self experienced from the receiving end something new first-hand. What was it? Razor-Edged, Sacrificial “True” Love. As a young 13-year-old girl, wondering and dreaming about what love…
Kicking Inner Critics to the Curb
