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Krista McClain Krista McClain

Finding Forgiveness Through Love

Love. It’s a simple word that carries a large meaning. We use the word love to express a wide range of feelings and emotions, and we rarely take time to explain the difference because we feel like people should just know the difference. Right? Probably so, but what about when we say we love like Jesus? What does that mean?

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Clay Monkus Clay Monkus

4 Signs of Bitterness in Your Life (And How to Overcome Them)

Bitterness does not just come from big offenses. Often it grows from a small offense: perhaps a passing word or a pair of dirty socks left in the middle of the living room floor. Yet when bitterness takes root in our hearts, its effects are anything but small.


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Melanie Jackson Melanie Jackson

3 Ways That Jesus' Anger Differs From Our Own

Overall, anger is considered a negative emotion that creates negative outcomes, but it is documented in multiple gospel accounts that Jesus did in fact experience anger. Jesus, however, got angry for much different reasons than we often do. So what are the differences?


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Clay Monkus Clay Monkus

3 Ways to Stop Worrying

How would you like to never worry about anything again?

Sounds great right? But the truth is you cannot stop worry from occurring. Even Jesus was honest and said, “If you live in this world, there’s going to be worry.”

So, if you can’t stop worry from occurring, maybe the better question is how do we respond when worry happens?


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Clay Monkus Clay Monkus

4 Tips to Fight Off Envy

It is easy to admit that we get angry easily. Envy is not as deep, not as ugly. It seems more like a bruise, a slight wound. But that is why it is so dangerous. Envy is the open door to so many destructive things in our lives.

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