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  • Six Ways to Be Holy: Why Media Hates Christians
    Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Peter 1:16, Carol McClain, character, COVID-19, evil, fatherless, good, holiness, Isaiah 1:16-17, justice, oppression, perfectionism, Six Ways to Be Holy, Why Media Hates Christians, widowers, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain The bain of my existence. Scripture says, “As it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1Peter 1:16). I used to try. Don’t believe me? Read August third’s blog . But that’s another story, as they say. Besides, I’ve learned the power of grace. So why this post? Have you ever thought why the only …[ read more ]

  • 30 Days To Less Guilt
    Posted on Monday, May 14th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | 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 ]

  • No Matter How Small–YOU Change the World
    Posted on Monday, April 10th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Cor. 12:17-19, Carol McClain, character counts, no matter how small--you change the world, perfectionism, phacelia, the gifts of the body of Christ, The Poison We Drink, you are perfect just the way you are

    If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.  If they were all one member, where would the body be? 1 Cor. 12: 17-19 Lin is …[ read more ]

  • Conquer Perfectionism: Move Forward
    Posted on Monday, March 6th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Cor. 10:13, Carol McClain, character counts, conquer perfectionsim: move forward, perfectionism

    No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man 1 Cor. 10:13a   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Only one test with God–do our best and trust in Him. In New York State education, we test our students at the end of the year with the regents. All students take the same test. One common …[ read more ]

  • God’s Love–True Love: 7 Attributes
    Posted on Monday, February 20th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 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 (and not …[ read more ]

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    • Are You, Christian, Lurking in the Dark?

      Carol McClain Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1 As a Christian for over forty years, I've seen some truly glorious and godly believers. Sadly, so many, while saved and loving the Lord do things we condemn in the unsaved. How many have divorced a spouse while still being "best friends" with their ex? How many babies arrived eight months after a marriage? How many have skirted the edges of the law and bragged about their exploits? Of course, the list of things we ought not  do stretches far… ...[ full story ]

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