How do I get out of the pool? Own your false ways of performing, or whatever you do to work your way into God’s favor and into the acceptance of others. Confront the truth: you are wading, swimming or drowning in your own fear and trying to get out by your own efforts. Identify the… [Read more…]
Sadly, when living out of a performance driven relationship with God and us it is common for us to swim in a pool of fear. Are you wading in the shallow end or sinking in the deep end of this pool of fear, feverishly paddling to get your way out with every effort at being… [Read more…]
There is a subtle pattern I see among so many of us as Christians. I say “subtle” because many of us don’t even know it is what is driving us to do what we do. It also appears to be so common that somehow we stay stuck in it for years, maybe a lifetime. We… [Read more…]
October 3, 2011
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