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  • 7 Attributes of God’s Love
    Posted on Monday, August 1st, 2016 | Tagged: 1 John 4:16, Carol McClain, character counts, Love of Christ. 7 Attributes of God's Love, perfectionism

    God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. I John 4:16 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain My husband loved me before I loved him.   God’s love is greater than man’s. Don’t get me wrong, from our first date, I knew Neil was a man I could marry. We shared core …[ read more ]

  • God Is Love: What Does That Mean For Us?
    Posted on Monday, July 11th, 2016 | Tagged: 1 John 4:16, Carol McClain, character counts, God is love: What does that mean for us?, John 17:24, perfectionism

    And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.1 John 4:16 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Two years ago my daughter discovered what she thought was menopause wasn’t. A pregnancy test delivered the news that baby number three would …[ read more ]

  • Three People to Blame When Saying No
    Posted on Monday, July 4th, 2016 | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Ecclesiastes 3, Epistle to the Ephesians 2:8-9, Grace, obedience, saying no, three people to blame when saying no, works

    8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain   Friends called my daughter. Being a good mother, I understood her need for privacy, so I washed dishes while I listened. (I …[ read more ]

  • How To Know If It’s God’s Perfect Will
    Posted on Monday, June 27th, 2016 | Tagged: 1 Cor. 12:18, Carol McClain, character counts, God's Perfect Will, Spiritual Gifts

    Neil made this guitar with Dave Nichols– a guitar builder for Gibson Guitars But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. I Cor. 12:18 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain   How this recovering perfectionist envies her husband, Neil. He plays bass and loves …[ read more ]

  • God Is Your Friend: 5 Qualities of Good Friends
    Posted on Monday, June 20th, 2016 | Tagged: 5 qualities of a good friend, Carol McClain, character counts, friends, friendship, God is our friend, perfectionism

    13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:13-14 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain I’ve recently moved to a new state–one foreign in all ways to New York where I’ve lived my entire life. One of the first things on our …[ read more ]

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    • Four Responses to Prayer. Which Fits You?

      arol McClain       @carol_mcclain  My roofer-brother-in-law flew four hundred miles to my house to put on a new roof. As a single mom with only my salary as support, his help was critical. He had one day. Of course, that day threatened rain. The wind already picked up and promised to deliver what the weatherman predicted. This couldn’t happen. I was walking to my car after picking up groceries to feed him, when the story of Jesus calming the wind came to mind (Matthew 8:23-27). Shyly (I was in a public place) I raised my hand to the wind and prayed, “Be still. Please… ...[ full story ]

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