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Category Archives: Peace
Anxiety loses!
Total, Total, Total attack on anxiety! Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Fear, Peace, Worry
Tagged Anxiety, Fear, Peace, Philippians 4:7, Worry
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Four dimensions of peace
How should we understand peace? Continue reading
Posted in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Amy Award, Conflict, Good Wars, Just War, Peace, Salvation, Security of salvation, Unity, War
Tagged Peace, peacemakers, what is peace?
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How to overcome a condemning heart
Assurance of our standing before God is not a static propositional truth to believe. Assurance is experienced in the active transformed life of Christlike love. Following the example of what Jesus did for us through acts of sacrificial love is a strong means for assuring our heart before God. Continue reading
Peace on earth, good-will to men?
“I heard the bells on Christmas day Continue reading
Restoration is our deepest need
Sometimes I need God to lead me beside still waters and to restore my soul. Can you identify? Continue reading
Posted in Birth of Jesus, Christmas, Heaven, Peace, Restoration, Salvation
Tagged greatest need for humanity, rescued, Rest, Restoration, Salvation
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Common grace and common good
We are called to be agents of common grace who are committed to the welfare of the city of our exile. Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Call to ministry, Calling, Change, Common Good, Common grace, Culture, Culture of Honor, Evangelism, Government, Grace, Holistic ministry, Kingdom, Mission statement, Missions, Peace, Prison Ministry, Social work, Wisdom, Worldview
Tagged Common good, Common Grace, holistic ministry
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Christ appears in Heaven for us!
Heaven is so desirable not because of the absence suffering (as great as this will be), nor because of our reunion with those who died before us (as wonderful as this will be). Heaven is so desirable because… Continue reading
Posted in Afterlife, Assurance, Christian worldview, Christianity, Christology, Comfort, Death of Christ, Deity of Jesus, Doubt, Encouragement, End Times, Eternal life, Eternal security, Fear of death, Final judgment, Forgiveness, Funeral, Future events, God's Love, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Grace, Heaven, In Christ, Jesus Christ, Judgment seat of Christ, Loss, Mercy, Peace, The cross of Christ, Victory, Walking with God
Tagged Christ our advocate, eternal security, Heaven, Jesus Christ
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Learning to enjoy silence
The question of whether we need any silences goes to who we are, not just to what we want. That’s why a loss of silence is so serious. A loss of silence is as serious as a loss of memory, and just as disorienting. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Assurance, Comfort, Grace, Patience, Peace, Prayer, Quiet Time, Restoration, Silence, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation
Tagged Quiet time, Rest, Restoration, Silence
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3 motivations for protecting unity
1. The prayer of Jesus John 17:23 -Jesus prayed, “May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” 2. The passion of God Proverbs 6:16,19 – “There … Continue reading