Dear Redeeming Grace, As we close the remaining pages on one year and open to the first pages of the next, it's helpful to reflect on God's sovereign care for us. I imagine that 2023 held for us days and seasons of both rejoicing and sorrow, celebration and sadness. And through it all, God was faithfully weaving your story with his utmost care and wisdom for what is best....
Keep ReadingDear Redeeming Grace, With the celebration of Jesus's birth just days away, I suspect we may be reflecting on him more. And there are many passages of scripture that help us marvel at the gift of God's Son. One that has been on my heart and mind the last few days is the familiar passage from Luke 2. When an angel of the Lord visits the shepherds, watching sheep in the ni...
Keep ReadingDear Redeeming Grace, Last week we considered how God accomplishes his purposes through His enduring faithfulness. The season of advent gives us ample opportunities to see examples of this in the coming of Christ. One example comes from the book of Romans through Isaiah 11. In Isaiah 11, God reveals this: "There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a bra...
Keep ReadingDear Redeeming Grace, In his message last week, Jason reminded us that Jesus transforms our lives to make us his own and make himself known. What a glorious truth to reflect on! One verse that helps me reflect on both these truths is Ephesians 2:10 "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in ...
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