@carol_mcclain “If our joy is lost, Christ is belittled, and what then has love to offer the beloved sinner?” John Piper, Taste and See, pg. 4 In Philippi, the authorities locked Paul and Silas up in prison because they set a slave girl free from demons. Beaten, and whipped, the two were locked in a prison. …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain I heard a strange application about the rich young ruler last Sunday. The gist of the message: find God–give up. Yep. You read that right. Give up. To refresh your memory, Jesus encountered a rich, young ruler who asked what he needed to do to be saved. Jesus said, “… go and sell all you …[ read more ]

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” James 1:17. Last week, I wrote about the joy you will find by keeping a gratitude journal. My friend challenged me to find 1000 different things to …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain So you’ve heard this before: You can find God through gratitude journaling. What? It didn’t work? I fully understand. I tried gratitude journals so many times and ended up repeating myself over and over and getting the same results. Quitting. This time though? At the end of this post, I’ll give you my formula. I …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain You can renew your life: leave the mistakes behind and live in joy. I have a friend who is a genuinely good person. Unfortunately, long ago, she gave up on God. She’s now an atheist. Why? When she was younger, a minister hammered into her, non-stop, that she was a sinner. We know plenty of …[ read more ]