10 results for month: 04/2016
Identity: We Are Forgiven
Join us on the blog over the next eight weeks as we study together what God's Word says about who we are in Christ.
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“He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
-Colossians 1:13-14
We are all sinful beings. In fact all of creation — every drop of rain, every blade of grass, every fish in the sea — is groaning under the weight of sin. Our sin separates us from the presence of our Holy God, and there is nothing that we can do to remedy this on our own. We can never measure up to the insurmountable holiness of God. If ...
Crown of Beauty: Session 4- Part 2
February 5-7 found 71 Hope Moms from all over the United States in Giddings, Texas. We spent a weekend sharing our stories, our precious babies, and finding that Christ can indeed comfort the brokenhearted, often through the hands and tears of another sufferer along the way. The following series is a recap of each of the main teaching sessions.
"Your story happened the way the Lord orchestrated it to happen. He knew before you even got pregnant that this was the way it was going to end.
You can go back and say,
“If I had only done this.”
“If I had only called one day earlier.”
“If only I had recognized when the kicks slowed ...
Crown of Beauty: Session 4 – Part 1
February 5-7 found 71 Hope Moms from all over the United States in Giddings, Texas. We spent a weekend sharing our stories, our precious babies, and finding that Christ can indeed comfort the brokenhearted, often through the hands and tears of another sufferer along the way. The following series is a recap of each of the main teaching sessions.
For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are ...
Feed Your Soul: The Glory to Come, Part II {Heaven}
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17
The truth of a future glory does not bring your baby back to you, but it will bring you to your baby. Is the view of heaven not greatly expanded when contrasted with the darkness of baby loss?
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Read the Hope Mommies doctrinal statement about heaven:
HEAVEN: We believe Heaven is a real, actual place, is constantly referred to as up in location, and is the dwelling place of God, the staging ground of His angels, and the dwelling place of redeemed from earth that have died. There is immediate ...
Crown of Beauty: Session 3
February 5-7 found 71 Hope Moms from all over the United States in Giddings, Texas. We spent a weekend sharing our stories, our precious babies, and finding that Christ can indeed comfort the brokenhearted, often through the hands and tears of another sufferer along the way. The following series is a recap of each of the main teaching sessions.
"What we girls do, is we feel good and we make decisions based on our feelings -- whatever feels good. We are driven during our days by our feelings. We need our feelings, because we are nurturers. When something is wrong with somebody a friend, or a person in our ...
Feed Your Soul: The Glory to Come, Part I {Grief & Hope}
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17
There is something that far outweighs baby loss. This statement is tremendously difficult to believe because this experience is weighty.
If you are like me, this is how you feel:
This is the weightiest experience of your life. You were not prepared in advance for the loss of your child. This child was within you; his or her body could grow because yours sustained him or her. And so, when your child ceased to grow or your childs heart ceased to beat, in a sense, you ...