Category: Forgiveness
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More Than a Mystery
by Klaire Smith Recently, I have been considering the simplicity of the gospel versus the complexity of God. I feel the Spirit leading me to grapple with a gospel everyone can understand that points to the God of all wisdom. But not just that. I feel in my soul a conviction to pursue the unbelievable…
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A Goodness Unthreatened By Evil
By Dakota Moore The Lord sends rain on the just and the unjust and causes the sun to shine on them as well. Matthew 5:45 Sitting on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront listening to church service, the sun shining on the ocean, the wind blustering, and the sand glistening, I realized I was experiencing a moment…
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Confess Your Trespasses to One Another
By Dakota Moore This past weekend I got to visit my roommate for the upcoming school year, and it was the best weekend I’ve had this summer! I have never met someone my age so unapologetically vocal about and visibly in love with the Lord or someone who was a lot like me in habits…
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Forgive Me My Sin
By Klaire Smith Photo by Brett Jordan from Pexels It hit me in the wee hours of the morning as I tossed and turned in my attempt to entice a few more hours of sleep. My sin separates me from God. I was struck by the weight of asking the Lord’s forgiveness for my sins.…
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You Can Make Disciples
By Alea Anderson I was known as the quiet kid growing up. I was never the one to raise my hand when a teacher asked the class a question or offered to lead small groups in our class projects. When I took my required public speaking class, I struggled through every speaking assignment. It’s only…
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The Darkest Day
The winter solstice. The time of year when the sun reaches the tropic of Capricorn, and we have our shortest day and our longest night. I wasn’t aware of this as a teenager. It was the darkest day of the year, yet it became the most important day of my life, full of the Light of…
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Denying Jesus
By Robyn Spradlin How often have you read the passage of Peter’s denial of Jesus and felt sorry for Peter because he failed to stand up for Jesus? I have. One day, when considering his denial again, it suddenly dawned on me how often we Christians do the same thing every day. The Lord prompts us…