The Love Offering Guest Blog Series Archives - Page 17 of 51

God’s Love Never Fails by Marci Viland

Feb 20, 2025

If you are anything like me, at night, my mind wanders to all the events of the day. Oftentimes than not, my mind goes to everything I may have done wrong in the day. I typically think of how I could have handled a situation parenting better that day. Or how I could have responded to one of my kids or husband better that day. I recall the happy moments as well. But then, those negative ones creep back in and I am now laying there wide awake, feeling like a failure.

A New Me—Union and Identity by Kyle Worley

Feb 13, 2025

Many people don’t know who they are. Don’t believe me? Check out the best-selling books or the trending podcasts. Spend a bit of time on social media. Everywhere you look you are bound to find people shouting out: “Who am I?” If you remain unconvinced, take a sheet of paper and write “Who am I?” at the top and see if you can fill out the entire sheet of paper in the next five minutes without slipping into answering the question of who you are by describing what you do.

Coming to the Table by Amy Layne Litzelman

Feb 6, 2025

Just as I set aside extra time to be with our friends, give yourself time to sit with God in a quiet, special setting. Let yourself sink into the idea of enjoying a meal together, as David encouraged in Psalm 34:8, “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!”

Fighting Fear in a Faithless World by Sadie Damron

Jan 25, 2025

Fear. It is something that disguises itself in many sneaky ways. Without high spiritual alert, it is bound to creep into any unguarded area of our minds or lives. How do we combat this? The spiraling thoughts of what-if? The mind-numbing realization that I should be out of reach of God’s favor? I know I don’t deserve to experience “the lavish riches of His grace.” What do I do if I cannot stop endless repeats of what could be?

Our Lord’s Presence by Jess Ronne

Jan 17, 2025

The doctor stretched out her arm and drew circles on top of circles on the whiteboard, an illustration of how she viewed my unborn baby’s predicament: a presumed diagnosis of a stroke in utero. I sat there feeling like a child failing miserably at a particular subject in school, but the subject I was failing in was pregnancy.