by Denise Pass | Sep 4, 2019
Isaiah 41:10 ESV “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Could the women from biblical times speak to our fear today? It is possible to rise above the...
by Denise Pass | Aug 28, 2019
James 4:10 “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.” The answer to shame is not found in pride, but humility. The only reason we are free from shame is the grace and faithfulness of God. Shame tries to point us back to who we were before...
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. 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
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟏𝟒:𝟗 (𝐍𝐋𝐓) “𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 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...