Twelve Days Of Christmas Gifts: The Gift Of A New Identity {Day 5}

One of my favorite things to do is watch videos of furniture flips and home redesigns. I love a good before and after reveal. What is fascinating, however, is when they video the whole process and then present what might have taken many, many hours of hard work and compress it into a 3-minute video …

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Twelve Days of Christmas Gifts: The Gift Of Forgiveness {Day 3}

Ephesians 1:7-8a – In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about my grandmother, entitled When Mamaw Forgave. I just went back and read it, and you should too! …

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Twelve Days Of Christmas Gifts: The Gift Of The Holy Spirit {Day 2}

As Jesus prepared His disciples for His coming death and subsequent ascension back to heaven (John 14-17), He made what probably sounded like a very strange statement. Their hearts were already grieving, not fully understanding what was going to take place, but surely sensing that the sweet intimacy and fellowship they had been a part …

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Twelve Days of Christmas Gifts: The Gift of Eternal Life {Day 1}

My husband has a favorite saying. He likes to ask, “How do you know you’re in love?” He gets a variety of answers, but his go-to answer is, “If you truly love someone, you give,” according to how God loves us: For God so loved the world, that He gave… (John 3:16) The love of …

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