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  • Choose Your Pharisee: So Many Judges, So Little Success
    Posted on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Mt. 5:20, perfectionism, Pharisees, righteousness

    For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:20 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain They surround us. They live among us and infect us with our inferiority. In the faculty room, the churches, the government, social groups, …[ read more ]

  • Perfection Changes
    Posted on Monday, May 9th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, First Epistle to the Corinthians, perfectionism, perfectionism changes, we see through a glass darkly

    12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Cor. 13:12   Veruska, you look good By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Aside from God, perfection changes. Or the idea of perfection. My mother, who birthed five …[ read more ]

  • Say No: Handbags Are Heavy
    Posted on Monday, May 2nd, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, handbags are heavy, no, perfectionism, say no, using your gifts

    Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matt. 11: 28-30   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain   Full …[ read more ]

  • Say No: There is NO Condemnation
    Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, fear, no, perfectionism, rejection

    Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. Matthew 5: 37   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Years ago I played by bassoon in Oklahoma. My main take-away was the song, “I Can’t Say No”. Unlike Ado Annie, my fear of no isn’t sexual–but it permeates every part of my …[ read more ]

  • Comparison: The Ruin of Joy
    Posted on Monday, April 18th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Cor. 12:7, 2 Cor. 10:12, Boston Marathon, Carol McClain, character counts, comparison, perfectionism, ruin of joy

    Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding. 2 Cor. 10:12 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain I sit in Salem, MA with the Boston Marathon in progress. Among the runners: a man …[ read more ]

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        @carol_mcclain "Don't be drunk with wine, be filled with the Spirit!" 1 Cor.5:18 According to John Piper, how do we get drunk with wine? We drink it. Lots of it. So how do we get drunk with the Holy Spirit? Immerse yourself in God. Drink in lots of Him. Read your Scriptures. Pray. Sing Psalms and hymns and contemporary Christian music. Listen to edifying Christian stations. Avoid our entertainment that celebrates sinful behavior--alcohol, sex, foul language. Hang out with practicing, like-minded Christians. Go to church. Take notes on the sermon. Look around this world and see the glory God… ...[ full story ]

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