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  • How to Attain Perfect Peace
    Posted on Monday, May 28th, 2018 | Tagged: anxious for nothing, Carol McClain, giving all to God, God, How to attain perfect peace, Is. 26:3, Jesus, peace, Phil 4:6-7, Prov. 3: 5-6, The Poison We Drink, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain   carol_mcclain “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” Phil. 4: 6-7. A strange thing happened this last week. As most of you …[ read more ]

  • 30 Days To Less Guilt
    Posted on Monday, May 14th, 2018 | Tagged: 30 ways to ditch guilt, be transformed, Carol McClain, guilt, habits, neural pathways, perfectionism, renew your mind. don't work--be happy, Romans 12:2, Washington Post, Writing Redemption

    Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain The flip side of perfectionism is guilt. I have a quarter. On the front …[ read more ]

  • Whatever Happened to Discourse?
    Posted on Monday, May 7th, 2018 | Tagged: arguments, Carol McClain, discourse, extremism, James 1:19, listening, Matt. 7:1-2, Prov. 17:28, railing, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @    carol   _mcclain Excited about connecting with an old friend from high school, I gladly accepted her friend request on Facebook. Soon, though, I discovered, she never had a nice thing to say. As a liberal, she dissed anything conservative. I learned nothing about her life or her interests or her loves, only …[ read more ]

  • You are stronger than you think–God uses the weak
    Posted on Monday, April 16th, 2018 | Tagged: 2 Cor 12:10, Carol McClain, little things make big differences, Matt. 14, Matt. 15, Writing Redemption, you can change the world

    By Carol McClain @   carol _mcclain If you’re like me, you probably wonder what you can do to make life different, to improve the course of history. But you’re ordinary. Not brilliant or dumb, not beautiful or homely, not especially talented, but involved. You have every ingredient God needs to change the course of history Look at …[ read more ]

  • A Surefire Cure When You Think God Won’t hear.
    Posted on Sunday, April 1st, 2018 | Tagged: Carol McClain, confess, James 5:16, power of prayer, when you think God won't hear you, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain @  carol     _mcclain Sometimes the melancholy and insecurity of my life overpower me. I’ve always been rather over-dramatic and intense. But I discovered a surefire cure when I didn’t think I was worthy enough for God to hear my prayer. I no longer remember what niggled my mind to bring me to despair. …[ read more ]

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    • Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab

      @carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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