A New Year’s Prayer

By: Kelly Rowe
Commitment, Faith, Grace, Honoring the Holy Spirit, Love, Love for God, Obedience, PrayerLeave a Comment on A New Year’s Prayer

As I was thinking about this being the time of year when people make new year’s resolutions, I was reminded of what a friend of mine said to me one time. She said “Trying to change yourself is like putting on a girdle (or spanks); it pushes in one spot and pops out somewhere else.”…

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Finding the Balance Between Grace and Works

By: Kelly Rowe
A Root of Rejection, A Works Mentality, Grace, Perfectionism, Personality types, Renewing the mind, TemperamentsLeave a Comment on Finding the Balance Between Grace and Works

My long time friend, Mary Rock, once said to me, “In the river of God, it’s like you’re doing the breast stroke and I’m on a raft with a cooler.” She was referring to the fact that I tended to be very works-oriented and she was very grace-oriented. I thought she was telling me that…

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