We can’t have true, resilient, long-term peace in our lives in all circumstances until we have peace in our conscience. It’s the peace that sustains all other peace. It’s the peace that reassures us that no matter what — even if we face consequences for our own sin in this world, •  GOD IS ON…

If there is any doubt that the cross has removed all of our sins – past present and future – we will doubt whether God has good in our future, and we will attempt dead works in an effort to cleanse our conscience to obtain good standing before God, or we will do just about…

Many of us are more conscious of the flesh, conscious of sin, and even conscious of satan than we are of the resurrected Christ and what He has accomplished. Why are we so sin conscious when Jesus has removed the sin barrier? The biggest obstacle in the church to living the abundant life that Jesus…

Have you ever wondered why bad things happen? A story found in John 9 goes right to where the “rubber meets the road” regarding the reason that bad things happen. Is it because God is punishing us for our sin? We know that there are natural consequences for foolish actions, but Jesus simply points out…

Christians love to talk about bearing the fruit of the Spirit. Have you ever thought about how bearing fruit works? Have you ever tried to be patient? Have you ever done your best to love someone who seemed completely unlovable? Have you ever tried to be kind to someone when they were stepping on your…

The Apostle John said, Do not love the world or the things in the world. (1 John 2:15) 1 What makes something “worldly”? What was John talking about in this verse? He goes on in this passage to define “worldly” and give the reason that people love the world. If anyone loves the world, the…

So often we hear that we need to love Jesus more, and our focus becomes doing more to show Him that we love Him. However, the apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians that they may know the love OF Christ – not the love FOR Christ. He prayed for them that they might comprehend the…

Have you ever been around other Christians who really seemed to love God a lot, and it made you feel condemned? Well, at one time I was one of those Christians who made others feel unworthy.  Years ago, before I had the revelation of grace, I was leading a conference and told the women that…

A few years ago I had the opportunity to share the Gospel of God’s grace with a large youth group. I poured out the scriptures regarding the cross and the love of Jesus for all of us. I taught them about how Jesus had made them perfect and removed their sins as far as the…

We hear about the need to “balance grace and truth.” This phrase implies that grace and truth are polar opposites on either side of a see-saw, and we need to make sure we keep them balanced. In other words, truth is synonymous with law, and we need the law to make sure we don’t sin…

The story of Jesus that touches my heart more than any other story is the account of the woman with the alabaster box of perfume that she poured out on the feet of Jesus. Of all the women in the Bible, I relate to her the most because of her unabashed gratefulness to Jesus and…

The more our spiritual eyes are opened to God’s grace, the more we see the tension between what we see with our natural eyes and what we believe in our hearts. We might ask, “If God is good, why am I not seeing good in my life?” When my husband and I were newly-weds in…