9 “This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’ — Zechariah 7 CompassionZechariah
“I said, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God. 5 Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, Lord.” Jeremiah 11 JeremiahKindness
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land.” — Isaiah 1:18-19 FeastingFood
Christian, you were born dead and unresponsive, until Jesus Christ decided to take the initiative and yoke himself to you, thus breathing life into your formerly useless lungs. Now, God’s cup of wrath towards you is empty. You now wear his righteousness. What’s more, Christ is still advocating for you right this moment. His bloody…
“Breastfeeding is touted for infants because of the nutrients, which help to build immunity. Historically, women have breastfed adults who were sickly to help build their immune systems. The practice has continued more recently than you might realize in countries such as China” (emphasis added). That just really hit me last weekend. THAT IS THE…
The spine of Rosaria Butterfield’s The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian world is the joyful, generous, simple, yet often excruciating call to open our lives in service to others. A repeated refrain is “strangers become neighbors, and neighbors become family.” The Christian call to love is a…
3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4 Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell…
And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. — Luke 12:7 (NLT) God’s love is overwhelming. He cares even about our sexual desires and tastes. So much so, He included Couples Nursing in His word, for those…
I really don’t know, but there may be exceptional circumstances granting the freedom to cautiously discuss ANR with people we don’t know too well, in an effort to raise awareness and better understand it, but we should first ask ourselves: would that be adding more grace to their lives or are our purposes ultimately selfish?…
For our sake, God made him who knew no sin to be sin, so in him, we might be the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 God poured the cup of his wrath full strength on his Son. Because He loves us so. Women are gracious. More gracious than most men. But husband breastfeeding women…
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give…
Number 86: Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Top Bible Gateway verses countdown
A memorable ANR profile I came across said nearly verbatim: “I’ve been a surrogate mother and have nursed multiple babies. Nursing adults was never my thing until I tried it and was shocked that I liked it.” That’s because nursing unleashes some powerful nurturing instincts in a woman, more than she ever knew she had.…
Bible Rank: 166 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 🙂 NIV 2 Corinthians 5Top verses countdown
The Gospel Coalition Reformation 500 Statement OCTOBER 31, 2017 | KEVIN DEYOUNG SHARE Today we join with millions of Christians around the world in celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Granted, dates like these are hard to pin down. Who is to say when something as big as the Reformation began? And what about those…
Bible Rank: 304 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. KJV Top verses countdown
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 ESV http://bible.com/59/rom.5.8.ESV
English Standard Version (ESV) By Grace Through Faith 2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived…
“A gracious woman gets honor.” – Proverbs 11:16a A woman who is gracious enough to nurse her husband is honored by the LORD. Couples Nursing is honorable.
For our sake he made him who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. -2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV, slightly modified) Christian, Let that penetrate your soul as it did mine some years ago and almost made me cry. 2 Corinthians 5
But God (Ephesians 2:4) Ephesians 2
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And he said to me, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I…
Ephesians 2:1-10 (ESV) By Grace Through Faith And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once…
Christ-centered ANR 