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How to be Good Enough for God
@carol_mcclain The short answer. You can never be good enough for God. I just finished reading Deuteronomy and Leviticus, and all you need to do to be righteous before God. Even though I spent a month in the tome, I can’t recall half of what is required to be ethical. Make that an eighth or sixteenth. …[ read more ]
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One Solution to Conquering Your Past
@carol_mcclain How do you conquer your past? There is one sure-fire way: Grace. Webster’s defines grace as “a free gift of God to humankind for regeneration or sanctification: an influence emanating from God and acting for the spiritual well-being of the recipient.” What the heck does the above mean? Glad you asked. I can give …[ read more ]
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The First Three Steps in Conquering Grief
@carol_mcclain Are you surrounded by loss?To say life’s been hard for me these last few months is an understatement. Loss piled upon loss. After multiple 800-mile trips from Tennessee to New York helping to care for my mother with her declining health, she died. Grief gripped me, but Mom had reached 92. She knew Jesus. …[ read more ]
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Proven Way to Find Rest
By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain My least favorite scripture for many years was Matthew 11:28-29. It reads, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give your rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find …[ read more ]
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If you accept Jesus, you are complete.
Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and [ b ]through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses . Acts 13:38-39 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain I was raised in a church tradition that never offered complete eradication of sin. Always a stain remained and sacrifices had to …[ read more ]