Aren't We Over This Fad Yet?

Saying "no" to the wrong thing is not "self love", it's being a responsible human and making wise use of your God-given conscience...

Saying "no" when your plate is overflowing and you're getting burnt out is not "self care", but is also being a responsible human and using your God-given time wisely.

(This is only one of many examples of world-indoctrination - that has crept into the church - and it's nauseating.)

Please stop equating common sense with self-love.

Please stop equating God's blessings with self-care.

Please stop humouring the culture by buying into the unbiblical agenda of self-centeredness.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: when the Bible says to love your neighbor as yourself it states up front that you love yourself; it's not something you will ever have to learn or put effort into.

Stop equating being irresponsible or lacking common sense with a lack of self-love.

And learning to be responsible or to better use common sense or to humbly appreciate God's blessings are also - you guessed it - not self-love/care.

It's called good stewardship.

Thank you.

Peace on Loan

The peace the world gives is only a surety for your devotion; once it gives you the feeling or result you think you want or need, it comes to take that peace back and you are left with an empty and quickly fading satisfaction, devoid of any peace.

The world only loans its peace, and always for a price; God gives His peace freely as we walk with Him, and left it for us to rest and find comfort in.

Worthy Scars

 "I will forget who I am for who You are

'Cause the truth is all my worth can only be found in Your scars."

One of the biggest lies of the culture you can buy into as a Christian (yes, even "church culture" pushes it, unfortunately) is this idea that "you are enough"

I talk about it a lot and some of you are probably tired of it, but some of you are also probably tired - more than you would readily admit - of the emptiness that comes with being "enough".

Being "enough" was never an expectation or responsibility placed on you by God; you accepted it from the culture, but you can let go of it today. HIS yoke is easy and His burden is light (and being enough is no light burden.) He calls us spread the Gospel, to be set apart, to be holy as He is holy - ongoing things that require His wisdom, grace, and strength (because - you guessed it - we're not enough to achieve them on our own.)

The only "enough" you are is enough of a sinner to need a saviour...

Jesus is that Saviour.

HE is enough, (what a reassuring reality) and that should be more than enough for you.

News Flash

 

Try New Things

"Do not wait for inspiration, it comes while working."

-Henri Matisse

*quotes artist like I know what I'm doing*

Narrator: she had no idea what she was doing.

Memorial Day

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

John 15:13

Today we honour those who laid down their lives in order that we could enjoy freedom in our land today, by remembering their sacrifice.

These brave men and women are a revolutionary representation of the radical love God has and proved for us in sending His only Son, Jesus, to lay down His life as a sacrifice, that we might be free from sin and death when we repent and place our faith in Him alone.

Humbly and gratefully, remember both today.

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New Day, New Mercies

His mercies are new every morning...

(From Lamentations 3:22-23)

When we embrace and rely on the mercies with gratitude and praise we won't be attempting to control the morning, and things are less likely to go wrong.

When we are attempting to control the morning we aren't fully noticing and enjoying the mercies, and things are out of order from the get go.

The only "disorders" we find ourselves dealing with in this sin-fallen world are those we have created for ourselves by getting things out of order; putting our way ahead of His perfect way that He set in place for us.

If you're encountering bad day after bad day, and struggling with anxious thoughts and worries, try remembering this and practice reaching out for His mercies rather than the morning; leave that with Him.

RIL - Rest in Life

"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms..."

Deuteronomy 33:27a

Harbor of Neutrality

Sin is sin.

When you mangle the Bible until it "says" what you want it to 1) you don't know how to read the Bible, and 2) you are still living to yourself.

Even if perhaps we want to believe a certain sin isn't so bad (usually the one we've invested ourselves in and enjoy) if we are living for Jesus and if we believe His Word to be true we MUST see that sin for what it is and repent of it. Your preferences and opinions formed before no longer matter because you have put off that old man and are a new creature in Christ - we die daily to ourselves in favour of the life He offers us in Himself - thus our desire is to love what God loves and hate what He hates. Right?

If that makes you uncomfortable or you hesitate to confirm it, hold up! but be encouraged; we are all human, fall short, and need His grace and help in living for Him, on the daily.

While admitting that a truth makes you uncomfortable doesn't allow you to discard it, it does allow you to identify where you're most likely at, as well as the steps you may need to take (or get truly *biblical-church counseling on) be it salvation, surrender, or sanctification (which never ends, btw.)

"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee."

Psalm 51:10-13

Anxiety = A Feeling

"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind..." (Romans 12:2)

"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind..." (1 Peter 1:13)

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Let's debunk social crutches together!