The Humility and Difficulty of Surrender

In John 15, the Lord notes that He is the Gardener. Christ is the vine, and we are the branches. There are certain times in our lives that the Lord may bring about a time of pruning. Surrendering one’s rights or desires to the Lord may be a type of pruning. He may be...

The Impact of Misdirected Identity

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People   “Ministry had become my identity.  No I didn’t think of myself as a child of God, in daily need of grace, in the middle of my own...