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Category Archives: The Cross
50 Days of Promises (31): White As Snow
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. Hearing, understanding … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, encouragement, faith, hope, Jesus, love, my story, Recovery, The Cross, trials
Tagged healing, jesus, love, recovery, redemption, sanctification, The Cross
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50 Days of Promises (29): HIS Workmanship
Ephesians 2:10a For we are his workmanship… The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians can speak volumes of grace and purpose into the life of someone who has been there done that and come up empty. Although taking a single verse, and even … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, alcohol, drugs, encouragement, faith, hope, Jesus, love, my story, Recovery, Salvation, sex, The Cross
Tagged addiction, Blood of Christ, forgiven, forgiveness of sins, God's Workmanship, grace, mercy, redemption
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50 Days of Promises (28): Ambassadorship
2 Corinthians 5:20a Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us… My son and his family doesn’t know Christ yet personally. Some of them, as I did for decades, profess a belief in God, but there is no church, no bible, … Continue reading
Posted in encouragement, faith, Jesus, love, Recovery, Salvation, The Cross
Tagged ambassadors of Christ, grace, hypocrisy, jesus, mercy, salvation
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50 Days of Promises (26): Chosen With A Purpose
2 Timothy 1:8-9 8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, 9 who has saved us … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, encouragement, faith, hope, Jesus, love, Recovery, Salvation, The Cross, trials
Tagged brokenness, called, God, healing, hope, Jesus Christ, joy, life's purpose, peace, salvation, sanctification
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50 Days of Promises (25): Progressive Sanctification
Colossians 2:6-7 6 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing … Continue reading
Posted in encouragement, faith, hope, Jesus, love, Recovery, Salvation, The Cross
Tagged God, jesus, perfectionism, redemption, sanctification, The Cross
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50 Days of Promises (24): Qualified To Inherit
Colossians 1:9-14 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, alcohol, drugs, encouragement, faith, hope, Jesus, love, my story, Recovery, Salvation, sex, The Cross
Tagged atonement, Christ, forgiveness of sins, God, jesus, love, redemption, salvation, The Trinity
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50 Days of Promises (23): Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 16 So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that … Continue reading
Posted in encouragement, hope, Jesus, love, Recovery, The Cross
Tagged forgiveness, God, jesus, people-pleaser, reconciliation
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50 Days of Promises (22): Now No Condemnation
Romans 8:1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For anyone not intimately familiar with Romans 8 and maybe struggling with trying to understand the miracle of Christ, I can not recommend enough taking … Continue reading
Posted in encouragement, faith, hope, Jesus, love, Recovery, Salvation, The Cross, trials
Tagged encouragement, God, Holy Spirit, hope, jesus, love, no condemnation, Romans 8, the Blood, The Cross, the Good News
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50 Days of Promises (21): The Four Salvations
Ephesians 2:4-5 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) As is typical with God, I don’t believe … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (20): Crucified With Christ
Galatians 2:20-21 20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Celebrate Recovery, hope, Jesus, love, my story, Recovery, Salvation, The Cross
Tagged Christ, compassion, crucified with Christ, die to self, God, grace, hope, jesus, joy, love, peace, redemption, Satan's lies, The Bible, The Cross, understanding
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