Grace Church Teaching

How a woman thinks about, views, and treats her body will either disempower her and hinder her growth in spiritual maturity, or it will free her from slavery to self and enable her to be a powerful and effective minister of Christ in all seasons and circumstances. Self-acceptance will never bring lasting freedom. Whether we loathe ourselves or love ourselves, self is still at the center. If we hope to find freedom from the tyranny of our own self-image, we must learn to view ourselves through a different lens.

How a woman thinks about, views, and treats her body will either disempower her and hinder her growth in spiritual maturity, or it will free her from slavery to self and enable her to be a powerful and effective minister of Christ in all seasons and circumstances. Self-acceptance will never bring lasting freedom. Whether we loathe ourselves or love ourselves, self is still at the center. If we hope to find freedom from the tyranny of our own self-image, we must learn to view ourselves through a different lens.

“Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit-you choose,” says Proverbs 18:21 (MSG). The Old and the New Testament present a clear, consistent message – words are powerful. Many of us have felt the sting of another’s words. Just as many of us have wielded words in ways that have wounded others. But not many of us carve out time to talk about the power of our words, why we use them the way we do, and how the gospel brings the power and hope we need to transform our words.

“Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit-you choose,” says Proverbs 18:21 (MSG). The Old and the New Testament present a clear, consistent message – words are powerful. Many of us have felt the sting of another’s words. Just as many of us have wielded words in ways that have wounded others. But not many of us carve out time to talk about the power of our words, why we use them the way we do, and how the gospel brings the power and hope we need to transform our words.

“Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit-you choose,” says Proverbs 18:21 (MSG). The Old and the New Testament present a clear, consistent message – words are powerful. Many of us have felt the sting of another’s words. Just as many of us have wielded words in ways that have wounded others. But not many of us carve out time to talk about the power of our words, why we use them the way we do, and how the gospel brings the power and hope we need to transform our words.

“Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit-you choose,” says Proverbs 18:21 (MSG). The Old and the New Testament present a clear, consistent message – words are powerful. Many of us have felt the sting of another’s words. Just as many of us have wielded words in ways that have wounded others. But not many of us carve out time to talk about the power of our words, why we use them the way we do, and how the gospel brings the power and hope we need to transform our words.

What does it look like for you to follow Jesus with your sexuality? Does God have true authority in your life when it comes to your sex and sexuality? These are major questions that we want to unpack and wrestle with, and we hope to provide a clear and powerful voice that is rooted in the truth of Scripture. We know that there are tremendous challenges and temptations that we are constantly facing, but as we see God’s good design for sexuality, our hope is to fully trust Jesus and follow Him with clarity, truth, and power.

What does it look like for you to follow Jesus with your sexuality? Does God have true authority in your life when it comes to your sex and sexuality? These are major questions that we want to unpack and wrestle with, and we hope to provide a clear and powerful voice that is rooted in the truth of Scripture. We know that there are tremendous challenges and temptations that we are constantly facing, but as we see God’s good design for sexuality, our hope is to fully trust Jesus and follow Him with clarity, truth, and power.

What does it look like for you to follow Jesus with your sexuality? Does God have true authority in your life when it comes to your sex and sexuality? These are major questions that we want to unpack and wrestle with, and we hope to provide a clear and powerful voice that is rooted in the truth of Scripture. We know that there are tremendous challenges and temptations that we are constantly facing, but as we see God’s good design for sexuality, our hope is to fully trust Jesus and follow Him with clarity, truth, and power.

What does it look like for you to follow Jesus with your sexuality? Does God have true authority in your life when it comes to your sex and sexuality? These are major questions that we want to unpack and wrestle with, and we hope to provide a clear and powerful voice that is rooted in the truth of Scripture. We know that there are tremendous challenges and temptations that we are constantly facing, but as we see God’s good design for sexuality, our hope is to fully trust Jesus and follow Him with clarity, truth, and power.

What does it look like for you to follow Jesus with your sexuality? Does God have true authority in your life when it comes to your sex and sexuality? These are major questions that we want to unpack and wrestle with, and we hope to provide a clear and powerful voice that is rooted in the truth of Scripture. We know that there are tremendous challenges and temptations that we are constantly facing, but as we see God’s good design for sexuality, our hope is to fully trust Jesus and follow Him with clarity, truth, and power.

Nicodemus, a respected Pharisee leader, sought Jesus in the darkness of the night. There the rules and knowledge that Nicodemus had built his life upon were shattered. From his story we learn that nothing is more blinding than knowledge and that Jesus is not an add-on to the life we already have or desire to live. Rather, Jesus wants to remake and transform us to the core of who we are. This is what He does for Nicodemus. When we later meet him, he is wrapping the body of Jesus with spices in broad daylight with the understanding that Jesus is not looking to fix our problems, but rather deliver us from what we know and from the judgment we deserve.

We are at war with the spiritual powers in the unseen world, and we have to tap into something much greater in order to avoid the destruction of sin. This spiritual battle is one we can’t defeat on our own. We have to protect ourselves with truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation, and the Word of God. Without engaging with these things, we become vulnerable to temptation.

We are called to work and obey with a whole heart towards those in authority over us. When we obey and serve those in charge of us, we are serving the Lord, and the quality of our obedience and enthusiasm with which we work reveal the quality of our faith. It shows whether we believe that Jesus is the Lord and that we can entrust ourselves to Him, regardless of our circumstances.

In Ephesians chapter six, verses one through four, Paul directly commands children to obey their parents. Not only are Paul’s instructions valuable for us in parent/child relationships, but they serve as a discipleship model for us as believers. Authority is ordained by God; when we obey authority, we are obeying God. There is a tension that surrounds this issue of authority, because it can expose sin patterns in our lives.