Thank You for Your Faithfulness!

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As 2015 comes to a close, we want thank your for your faithfulness and share hope-filled highlights of the work made possible by friends like you. As a result of your faithful support and prayers, we’ve seen: Marriages restored. Families transformed. Lives renewed. [dt_button size=”medium” animation=”none” icon=”” icon_align=”left” color=”” link=”https://www.egsnetwork.com/gift2/?giftid=1F9F6773-11CC-49BC-BD54-3B535D1BD6DF” target_blank=”true”]CLICK TO DONATE ONLINE[/dt_button] Three of our many highlights of 2015: We opened a new … Read More

Lord, Help Me Rest

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Rest. Would you love to rest like Jesus? In this post, today’s guest blogger shares practical insights to enjoy the guilt-free rest you need. (“Rest” by Eliza Jane Huie originally appeared on the Biblical Counseling Coalition website and is used with permission.) If sleep were a spiritual gift, then my husband has it. Not only does he have the amazing … Read More

How God Interrupts Your Spiritual Journey

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How does God get your attention on your spiritual journey? Often you pay attention to pain, don’t you? Biblical counselor and teacher Donna Hart, PhD, shares encouragement in this post that first appeared on her blog. The exodus is a wonderful metaphor for the journey of our spiritual life. It is likened to the spiritual bondage we face until we … Read More

5 Little Reasons to Praise God

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Today’s guest blogger is Laurel Scott, a student and Chicagoan who loves jogging along Lake Michigan. She accepted a friend’s praise challenge and shares with us a few of her reasons to praise God, from anchors and fresh beginnings, to sunrises and sunsets, rain, and teachers. What would you add to Laurel’s list? Anchors I live about ten minutes from … Read More

What Is Love?

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This love poem, shared by BCC counselor Don Hart, shares basic biblical truths: love one another and love your enemies. A Love Poem: “Abu Ben Adam” Abu Ben Adam, may his tribe increase, Awoke one night from a deep. And saw within his room, making it rich like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. … Read More