by Denise Pass | Aug 13, 2019
Sometimes life’s hard knocks can knock us down. Sometimes we can begin to let ourselves be defined by those hard places. And sometimes we decide that we won’t be. ย Right smack dab in the middle of a family reunion of sorts, tracing the nation of Israel in...
by Denise Pass | Aug 12, 2019
Punishment and suffering never seem fair. Why would a loving God allow us to feel pain? Because He is merciful. What’s that? How is punishment merciful? And what about those times when our sin did not precipitate our suffering? Again, His mercy. His lavish grace...
by Denise Pass | Aug 8, 2019
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐:๐ (๐๐๐) โ๐
๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โ Ever feel guilty about something or shamed by a person or group? You don’t even know what you did to deserve this treatment and you don’t know how to get...
by Denise Pass | Aug 5, 2019
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐:๐๐ “๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐.” ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. In a group or in a relationship where someone tries to imprison you with their perception or vain imagination...
by Denise Pass | Aug 3, 2019
Faithfulness is a lifestyle, not just a moment. And in just a moment, a faithful man can fall. This past week, someone I highly regarded walked away from Christ. My heart hurts. This person impacted many and now has left that legacy on the floor, choosing the opposite...
by Denise Pass | Aug 1, 2019
โGive me happiness, O LORD, for I give myself to you.โ โPsalm 86:4 Don’t worry. Be happy. Such simple words, yet so hard to live out sometimes. While there is a song by that name from the 1980s, our Savior knew we would be prone to worry and struggle to find...
