God through the Lens of a Selfie
Many people find it fun to take pictures of themselves or close-up photos with family and friends called “selfies.” But what if you could take a selfie with God? What would your picture look like if...
View ArticleGod through the Lens of Family
One of the challenges you may have is that your view of God was shaped more by your family than what you read in the Bible. My counseling staff and I see this problem on a regular basis when we help...
View ArticleGod through the Lens of Religion
Would it surprise you if I said God is not religious? Do you think he is? Would you describe God as someone who is mostly interested in giving people rules to live by? Would you define a relationship...
View ArticleGod in the Grief
Today’s blog is an excerpt from Grace Life staff member Renée Berry’s new book, Invite Him In. It seems that I have hopped on the emotional roller coaster again. How can that happen so quickly? A good...
View ArticleChristians Believe Weird Stuff about Themselves
Can a Christian be a liar? Can a Christian be a thief? Can a Christian be an alcoholic? Can a Christian be a drug addict? Can a Christian be a homosexual? Can a Christian be a sinner? These are tough...
View ArticleHow to Identify Your Identity Lie
I want to help you discover what is holding your false identity together. I call it “the lie” you believe about yourself. You may have picked this lie up as a child, teen, or adult, but it’s the...
View ArticleHave You Been Taught Christians Have Two Natures? Uh Oh!
The two-nature (or two-self) teaching has two big problems. First, it’s not helpful. I’ve asked many people whether this teaching has helped them overcome a specific sin, provided emotional healing,...
View ArticleYou Are 100% Righteous Even When You Sin!
Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:1 NASB) The word justified is from the same root word for righteousness. The core idea is that anyone who...
View ArticleDiscovering the Root Cause of Marriage Conflict
Manny and Janice each loved Jesus but increasingly found it difficult to love each other. It seemed as though they found themselves living in a vicious cycle of arguing without ever resolving anything....
View ArticleChristians Have Something Better Than The 10 Commandments
I have some great news for you. The New Covenant says you died on the cross with Christ to all religious rule-keeping including the law. God removed from you all obligation to obey the law in the Old...
View ArticleBreaking The Pattern of Living Under Self-Imposed Religious Rules
Ice cream comes in many flavors, but regardless of the taste, it’s still ice cream. In the same way, legalistic religious rules based on denomination or personal preferences have many different...
View ArticleYour Heavenly Inheritance
I was at work yesterday and got on the internet to order some supplies. While waiting for my supplier site to come up, I spotted a headline that involved the Walmart billionaire family, the Walton’s....
View ArticleYou Can’t Spiritually Mature Unless You Believe You Are 100% Righteous
“I don’t seem to be growing spiritually, and I can’t figure out why,” said Antoine. “My life as a Christian today seems no different from when I first believed in my early twenties. I’ve been involved...
View ArticleJesus in the Plan
I can certainly relate to Naaman in II Kings 5. Naaman was a sick man, the dreaded leper who would be shunned by all and sent out to live completely isolated, if he was not healed. So, he went to the...
View ArticleThe Trap of Obeying God So He Will Love You More
We, who are in Christ, can get caught in the trap of thinking God loves us more when we obey him and less when we sin. The good news is that he loves us AND accepts us either way. How do we know that?...
View ArticleCan We Break Fellowship With God?
The fear that we can break fellowship with God is stifling to our spiritual growth. The idea is that when we sin some type of barrier is erected between us and God. Then, when we confess our sin to...
View ArticleGrace is God’s Acceptance of You!
Grace is God’s acceptance of me in Christ! Faith is my acceptance of me in Christ! Love is my acceptance of you in Christ! Hope is my acceptance of myself because of God’s acceptance of me in Christ!...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Let Relationships Define You!
I recently received an email that said, “It’s hard to get where you’re going when you’re worrying about a stolen identity.” I thought about it for a while and came up with my own quote, “It’s...
View ArticleOur Lies about God Cause Great Fear
At GLI, we are convinced from Scripture and the thousands of people we’ve ministered to, that every person is controlled by their main lie about God. There is usually more than one, but make no...
View Article“I cringe, referring to ADT as ‘training’, when the Spirit tells me…”
The year was 1996. On some level, I was struggling daily and felt pretty defeated by life. I was in a marriage that had been “challenging” for most of its 25 years. I had recently quit a job that...
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