“Our love needs to be pure. The word pure also translates as ‘sincere.’ It is a compound word meaning both ‘sunlight’ and ‘judgment.’ . . . In those days . . . artisans who refrained from [using colored wax to hide chips and cracks] allegedly marked their pieces with a stamp that read ‘sine-cera,’ which […]
“In my opinions, we express unconditional love only when we acknowledge that we are the recipients of that brand of love from God. Freely we have received, and freely we must give. We must forget forever the word deserve in association with love.”- Dr. Charles F. Stanley In Chapter 19 (“A Need for You to […]
“No matter how badly you have messed up, He will take the broken pieces of your life and, with the glue of His unconditional love, put your life back together.”- Dr. Charles F. Stanley “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”- Psalm 145:10 […]
“But one thing is certain: until receiving unconditional love and affirmation, unblessed souls are bound to struggle. Some, like the younger brother in Jesus’s well-known parable of the prodigal son, run away and waste everything. Others are like the older brother in the parable who stayed at home, did all the right things that others […]
“I only find true freedom when I bring every part of my heart into the light, letting unconditional love pour water onto the destructive fires of shame and fear.”- Christa Black Gifford As Christa Black Gifford concludes Chapter 7 of Heart Made Whole, she notes the scary nature of intimacy. Especially to a human heart […]
“One phrase that you should insert into your vocabulary and conversation on a daily basis: ‘He (or she) didn’t mean it.’ “- Judah Smith “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”- 1 Corinthians 13:7 As Pastor Judah Smith continues Chapter 5 of How’s Your Soul?, he cites the Apostle […]
“At its root, self-forgiveness is a choice.”- Dr. Gary Chapman Gary Chapman concludes Chapter 12 of Anger with steps four and five of a positive approach to processing anger. 4. Choose to forgive yourself. Dr. Chapman states forgiving yourself has much in common with forgiving someone who has sinned against you. You feel pained at […]