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by Renée Berry I have had the honor of walking with many through our Discipleship Counseling process. Many doubt they hear the voice of God. I assure people they do hear the voice of God. How do I know that? Scripture tells us so in John 10: John 10:4 (AMPC) "When...

~ by Mark Maulding One of the most damaging results of being offended by someone is the message Satan slips into our minds about our identity through what the other person did or said. Satan is our sworn enemy, taking advantage of any opportunity he can to fulfill...

by Renée Berry As a “doer”, I’m enamored with Jesus’ “to do” list! He simply wants us to believe and live from the heart certainly not our own strength. All expressions of the heart are from love, His love. It takes the pressure off of the “I have to do” mentality....

~ by Dave Pridemore From Dave's Desk Chapter 6 In Christ a New Identity When I think of being born in Christ, I do think of the beautiful butterfly illustration I mentioned in my last devotion. Truth is what we must rely on always to keep us focused on living a...

~ by Mark Maulding Do you have any gifts from last Christmas which you have never opened? If so, you can send them to me! The reality is that you probably don't. Most of us have such anticipation of opening our gifts; we struggle to even wait until Christmas! One...

by Renée Berry 2 Peter 1:3 – “Everything we could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to...

~ by Mark Maulding There was a time in my life when reading the Bible made my stomach hurt! The reason? I believed a faulty gospel. It was a formula: Faith in Jesus + rules = a life pleasing to God. The problem with that is, it is not the gospel. Paul wrote to the...

~ by Daphne Reichard What does it mean to be okay? When I ask a friend how she is, she typically says, “I’m okay.” Her answer tells me that her day hasn’t been exceptional or terrible, but somewhere in the middle. Sometimes the word can mean indifferent; it can...

by Renée Berry Acts 4:13 (NLT) The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus....

~ by Daphne Reichard In grammar school, we learned that words like faith, hope, and love are nouns. Peace and trust falls into that same category. Recently, God has been teaching me that trust is also a verb – an action verb, to be exact. What did we learn about...

by Renée Berry 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NASB) But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. Romans 8:29b (AMP) …He also destined from the...

by Renée Berry I am constantly reminded of never-ending truths about our union with Christ. I was with someone so stressed because of missing four days of Bible reading. “I’m four days behind in reading the Word in my one-year plan.” A very distressing matter when...