Identity

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 sanctification, still in a...

Will you invite Him in?

“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”  Revelation 3:20 (KJV) Earlier this year, a dear young friend was telling me about the beautiful Le Vian Chocolate...

A Deep Heart Devotion

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “You see, he was able to resist because of the deep heart devotion he had to his Lord.  His heart was not ruled by horizontal pleasure but by vertical worship....

Let’s Remember Why

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People     “The ultimate purpose of the Word of God is not theological information but heart and life transformation. Biblical literacy and theological...

What I Do Does Not Define Me

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People    “All of these led to one hope, one dream: getting out.  At first it scared him to think of such a thing, but he couldn’t seem to stop.  More and more he got...

Remind Yourself

“If you are in ministry and you are not reminding yourself again and again of the now-ism of the gospel, that is, the right-here, right-now benefits of the grace of Christ, you will be looking elsewhere to get what can be found only in Jesus” (Paul David Tripp in...

Switching Saviors

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People "If you are not attaching your identity to the unshakable love of your Savior, you will ask the things in your life to be your Savior, and it will never happen....