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After I got saved in 1982, I was looking for my identity, especially my identity as a wife. I realized that to be a helper was much more than caring for my husband’s needs and assisting him. I started looking for my identity with a walk through the lives of women in the Bible, not…

“Thus says the Lord: ‘Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness…

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.” (2 Cor.…

“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding ]in it with thanksgiving” (Col. 2:6,7 NKJV). New creatures in Christ would agree that salvation is the key to a good marriage, yet even though…

Holiness by Grace Dr. Bryan Chappell [“The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you’” Jer. 31:3. “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world…

“Complete in Christ” by Cindy Galdal “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the…

Moving from Head to Heart: The need for a miraculous answer to chronic spiritual and psychological problems . Being made in God’s image we have ultimate needs, including the need for love, acceptance, worth, and belonging. Women seem especially aware of the need for security, and men are typically on a search for significance. Going…

For the past year I have been experiencing the closing in and diminishing of every possible means of survival. I once considered myself pretty competent and industrious enough to be “self-sufficient.” After everything of the temporal was taken away and a sense of desolation began to ease up, something new began. The “drying-up” process By…

“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore…

In the quest to get their Christian life to function sucessfully, many despair of ever finding an effective answer. Counselors listen to “presenting problems” such as depression, anxiety, and moral failures. Interpersonal conflicts continue even after self-help solutions have been attempted. It seems ironic that one of the keys to discovering deliverance from such symptoms…