If we do not understand the true nature of our heavenly Father, then we risk every step of obedience we take in our faith journey becoming either a march toward legalism or us treading a path to manipulate God into doing things our way.
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Author Archives: Michaela L. Carson
Disciplined Disciples
Many of us think we know what these words mean — discipline and disciple — but do we? It’s can be surprising how much our own experiences and our societal worldview can alter our perspective of these things. Read More
Resolute-tions
The word resolution comes from the root word “resolute” which means “admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.” Most of us start out purposeful and determined, but the unwavering part comes in the doing and it is the unwavering part that leads to surrendering the resolution altogether. It is in fact our wavering that that leads to quitting. Read More
The Things We Have Made
Most people who profess a Christian belief system would not claim to worship idols. Some Christians may recognize they “have” idols, but the possession of an idol is just as wrong because it is the first step that leads to worship of that idol. When the Israelites conquered a city God always commanded them to destroy all of the idols in the land. When they didn’t the next command was to turn from the idols they were worshiping. Do you see the pattern? The first step of obedience is to destroy them, when we don’t we are then instructed to turn from them. Read More
My Light
He often appeared as a bright light, but he was not the Light.He spent a lifetime loving Me so well that My Light radiated from every pore.He was not the Light, but he is a beautiful reflection of My love.In him I am well-pleased. You do not need to fear his light burning out, becauseContinue reading “My Light”