This archive explores how faith addresses deep personal wounds, shame, and life's crushing sorrows. You'll find content on overcoming specific struggles and experiences of spiritual renewal. Expect recurring themes of divine presence bringing comfort and transformation, often drawing on scriptural visions. Continue exploring to discover varied paths to restoration and wholeness.
The speaker discusses their work within the Latin community, helping the church to provide safe spaces for people struggling with deep and shameful issues, such as homosexuality. They believe that there is no such thing as a homosexual identity, but rather people who have wounds and longings for love and intimacy that they do not understand.
Hello, buenos días. I wish I could speak more of your beautiful language. We don’t want to dishonor the name of Jesus, but much as we don’t want to dishonor Jesus and our family, we still struggle with really dishonorable things. And so we work with churches around the world to help them, to t
The prophet Ezekiel had a vision of a temple being rebuilt in the last days, with a river flowing out of it that brings life to everything it touches. This river represents the Holy Spirit of God that flows out of the Church and brings life to the dead places in the world.
It’s a great vision that the prophet Ezekiel had. He had visions were God would open his eyes to see things of the spirit and he saw the temple of God being rebuilt in the last days in the vision he had, and out of the t It’s an amazing story of how God has a special type of water, that is living water and I’m going to start in verse 6.
My dear brethren, though we often feel the crushing weight of life's sorrows and a perceived distance from God, in Christ Jesus, our Immanuel, God has drawn near! He breaks every barrier to meet us in our deepest brokenness, transforming His perceived discipline into intimate, life-giving grace.
The Saviour's Nearness: A Touch for Every Trial My dear brethren, though we often feel the crushing weight of life's sorrows and a perceived distance from God, in Christ Jesus, our Immanuel, God has drawn near! He breaks every barrier to meet us in our deepest brokenn
The Wounded Soul When the world has cut you deep, and silent sorrows you must keep, With heavy burdens on your soul, losing grip and losing hold. Searching for a truth unknown, on foundations overgrown, A whisper from th
The sweeping narrative of scripture reveals a transformative journey regarding God's relationship with suffering humanity, shifting from ancient perceptions of divine discipline to the restorative, personal touch of the incarnate Messiah. While ancient souls cried out for God's nearness amidst perceived displeasure and isolation, Jesus embodies the answer to that profound plea.
The sweeping narrative of scripture reveals a fundamental truth about God's relationship with suffering humanity. At its heart lies a transformative journey: from experiencing what felt like God’s heavy hand of disciplin This story is beautifully interwoven with that of a woman suffering for twelve long years from a ritually defiling hemorrhage, a condition that left her an outcast. Both individuals, one highly esteemed and the other mar
Christian biblical theology finds its cornerstone in the continuity between Old Testament prophetic promise and New Testament apostolic exhortation, particularly regarding the transformation of the human "heart." The heart, in scripture, represents the very core of our being—the center of mind, will, and affections. Humanity's natural state, however, is characterized by a "heart of stone," a condition of spiritual deadness, imperviousness, and antagonism toward divine truth.
The Biblical Anthropology of the Heart and the Problem of Stoniness In both the Hebrew and Greek scriptures, the heart— leb in Hebrew and kardia in Greek—is far more than the seat of emotion. It represents the center of The Anatomy of the Stony Heart Ezekiel 36:26 describes the natural, unregenerate state of humanity as possessing a "heart of stone." This metaphor is intentionally stark, suggesting a condition that is hard, obdurate, an
Bitterness, a profound spiritual malady stemming from unmet expectations, poisons the soul, dehumanizes, and grieves the indwelling Spirit, reducing one to a senseless state. This internal fermentation corrupts the intellect and spawns destructive vices, dishonoring God's work.
The experience of bitterness, often born from unmet expectations or perceived injustice, is far more than a fleeting negative emotion; it is a profound spiritual malady that threatens the very essence of a believer's wal In this sacred space, the believer gains "eschatological clarity," understanding the ultimate destiny of all things, which devalues the temporary allure of worldly success and drains the power of envy. Bitterness withers
Broken Cisterns We charted our own course, in restless pride we strayed From living waters, to the wells that we had made. Just broken cisterns, hollow, cracked and dry, Chasing fleeting comfort, beneath an empty sky.