heart issues

Grace for a mother’s heart idol

March 20, 2013 Intentional Motherhood
Thumbnail image for Grace for a mother’s heart idol

Excerpt from Staci Eastin‘s book The Organized Heart: A Woman’s Guide to Conquering Chaos (Cruciform Press, 2011) “A few years ago at a birthday part with my children, another mother pulled me aside and told me that my child had talked back to her. She was embarrassed to tell me, but as my friend, she [...]

Tagged as: gospel, heart issues, motherhood, Organized Heart

2 comments Read more

Pride’s ugly faces

April 16, 2012 Devotional Mundane
Thumbnail image for Pride’s ugly faces

Pride can be so subtle. For example, the other day I shared with a friend about a success I experienced over a struggle with pride. I was careful to emphasize how much time I had spent suffering in that struggle. We talked about it at length, and the moment I hung up the phone I [...]

Tagged as: heart issues, John Piper, pride, Psalm 34

4 comments Read more

The Cadillac of Contention

March 18, 2012 Devotional Mundane
Thumbnail image for The Cadillac of Contention

by Gloria Furman My preschool girls are currently in an epic battle over a certain pink plastic car that we refer to as the “Cadillac of Contention.” It’s a kid-sized car, so it is pretty awesome. It has a door, a steering wheel, and a horn that doesn’t work. There’s also a removable cap for [...]

Tagged as: contentment, heart issues, idols, Judges 17, Judges 18, Psalm 16, Psalm 73

2 comments Read more

How to cure a complaining heart

February 22, 2012 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman Or, “Babies aren’t the only ones who whine.” My husband once preached a sermon in which he said, “Do you know why your tongue is slippery? Because it’s connected to your heart.” He was talking about what Jesus said in this verse: “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth [...]

Tagged as: complaining, contentment, heart issues, Playdates with the Puritans

4 comments Read more

Facebook is not my problem

January 31, 2012 Devotional Mundane

by Kristen Narara My sin is. But nonetheless, I have a love-hate relationship with social media. Do you know what I mean? I love that social media allows me to keep in touch with my friends and family, especially those far away. I hate that social media seems to be the only way I keep [...]

Tagged as: heart issues, social media

4 comments Read more

Resolved: to seek God first

January 2, 2012 Devotional Mundane
Thumbnail image for Resolved: to seek God first

by Samantha Muthiah Wow. I don’t know about you, but for me 2011 was a year of the most extreme highs and lows I’ve ever experienced. It’s been a really tough year, and in many ways I hope that 2012 is going to be different. I’ve been thinking about the changes that I personally want [...]

Tagged as: discipline, heart issues, prayer, spiritual disciplines

1 comment Read more

Unanswered prayers and adultery

December 12, 2011 Devotional Mundane
Thumbnail image for Unanswered prayers and adultery

by Gloria Furman My four-year-old prays for a puppy nearly every day. I would love to have a dog, but for many reasons we can’t get one right now. Maybe someday God will answer my daughter’s prayers for “a puppy to cuddle that has a wet nose and maybe a bell on its collar.” Speaking [...]

Tagged as: adultery, grace, heart issues, James 4, prayer

4 comments Read more

6 ways the gospel frees women

November 28, 2011 Devotional Mundane
Thumbnail image for 6 ways the gospel frees women

by Gloria Furman I was reading Galatians and felt a great wave of refreshment wash over my soul as I thought about how Christ’s fulfillment of God’s perfect law means freedom. Jesus frees us from so much and He frees us to so much. I pray you’ll be encouraged as you read over this short [...]

Tagged as: freedom, Galatians, gospel, heart issues

9 comments Read more

The “good work” of raising children, part 1

November 12, 2011 Intentional Motherhood
Thumbnail image for The “good work” of raising children, part 1

by Priya Samuel “How was your day?” my husband asks me when he comes home from work. “Good!” I say. But sometimes what I mean to say is, “Bah! I haven’t done anything constructive! Nothing has been checked off my to-do list.” Often times I’m oblivious to the high calling of mothering my children. If [...]

Tagged as: children, contentment, gospel, heart issues, motherhood, work

0 comments Read more

Be the friend you want

November 10, 2011 Sanctifying Relationships
Thumbnail image for Be the friend you want

by Gloria Furman The very best benefit of the gospel is that through it Jesus reconciles us to God. But did you know that the gospel also means that you can be reconciled to other people? So many of us women lament that we do not have good friends or real friends or even any [...]

Tagged as: 1 Peter 1, accountability, friendship, gospel, heart issues, laziness

3 comments Read more

Ladder to nowhere

October 24, 2011 Devotional Mundane
Thumbnail image for Ladder to nowhere

by Melissa Crawford In a Biblical Counseling course I audited last year, the professor talked about how God has created each and every person (Psalm 139:13-14).  And God has created a myriad of spectrums. And he has placed each of us in different places on each of these spectrums. Our ladders reveal our true values [...]

Tagged as: envy, Ephesians 4, heart issues, Psalm 139, sin

1 comment Read more

Ask good questions: How is your heart?

September 19, 2011 Sanctifying Relationships
Thumbnail image for Ask good questions: How is your heart?

by Kristen Narara The last weeks of my pregnancy were tedious. I would be lying if I said I was a little impatient during that time. I had convinced myself that my baby would be at least one week early and I planned everything around that expectation. But he didn’t come early. He came two [...]

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Tagged as: accountability, Ephesians 2, heart issues

2 comments Read more

← Previous Entries