Posts Tagged ‘Christian Living’
Everything God Created Is Good
By Jennifer Smith Lane A Reflection on 1 Timothy 4:1-8 Whenever I come across a passage that speaks into food and body image, it challenges me to rethink how I view food and my body by gaining a new perspective through God’s Word. This is one of those passages that stopped me in my tracks.…
Read MoreHow People Pleasing Can Be an Idol
By Jennifer Smith Lane (Arise Daily Author) “Am I now trying to win the favor and approval of men, or of God? Or am I seeking to please someone? If I were still trying to be popular with men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 AMP When the topic of idolatry came up…
Read MoreHow to Pursue God Not Perfection
By Jennifer Smith Lane “…focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfector of faith…” Hebrews 12:2 What is perfectionism? According to Webster’s dictionary, perfectionism is “a refusal to accept any standard short of perfection. A doctrine holding that religious, moral, social or political perfection is attainable.” When I read that definition, I…
Read MoreHow to Go From Fearful to Fearless
Fearful to fearless
Read MoreHow to Make the Valley a Place of Springs
A wilderness valley with a beautiful blue spring emerging through it
Read MoreBody Image And The Media
A Christian Perspective On Body Image, by Jennifer Smith Lane More than 30 million Americans will struggle with a clinically diagnosed eating disorder in their lifetime while millions more will battle food and body image issues that have untold negative impacts on their lives. This is not simply a teenage issue. Onset can occur at…
Read MoreBitterness: The Heart’s Poison
by Jennifer Smith Lane If “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of” (Luke 6:45 NIV), then bitterness is the heart’s poison. A trip to the jungles of Peru a few years ago broadened my perspective of God’s creation in unexpected ways. As I left civilization entering into the majestic unknown of the jungle,…
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