There's Good News!

I have tried to make so many things my identity in my life. But whether it's achievements, appearance, or abilities, everything has left me either insecure or prideful. I needed a better source for my identity. Thankfully, what God offers me has nothing to do with who I am. I can receive it freely and live freely because of it.

On today’s menu: a lot of (different) things I’ve learned so far in my life!

On today’s menu:

Appetizer: three (de)affirmations I’m implementing for my summer of humilty

Main course: a simple three step method for studying the Bible

What is Good Friday? What do we celebrate? Spoiler: it's not just good news, it's the best news.

A banger of a last episode, if I do say so myself. Did you know Jesus lives in you if you’re a child of God? Hello? We act like He doesn’t, and it’s time that changes.

If anyone had the right to be entitled and strict about His time and space, it was God. But Christ is so selfless and it has me so in awe of Him to observe how open-handed He continually was in the gospels.

I was more shocked than I should have been to notice Jesus did things differently than I would have in the gospels. He held back from doing some pretty cool things because they people did not believe. He waits for us to have faith before He acts! How long will He be waiting for you?

An obvious attribute of Jesus in the gospels is His compassion, and recently it’s been as obvious that I lack compassion in a lot of ways.

How many times do you think about food throughout the day? And even if it’s not on your mind, you know it’s necessary, right? Do you think about God’s word as much? Do you crave it? Does it seem necessary to you? Lots of food for thought ;)

Have you ever believed the lie that God doesn’t actually care? I think it’s so easy to get stuck in the fact that we will experience hardship and bad things. The dangerous part of that is it sometimes changes how we view God. We have to remember He is willing!