Open the Doors of Grace
Elephants circle the herd to protect the hurt, suffering, and injured. Should we do any less? Fling open the door to grace, reach in, and love someone in their pain. ...
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The purpose of this blog is to provide helpful resources and support to the women of Taft Avenue Community Church. Our ultimate goal is to encourage women in Christ by connecting them with God and each other so they will grow in their faith. This will enable them to reach out with the gospel and with God's love to other women in the church and in the community.
"Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled."
- Titus 2:3-5 ESV
Elephants circle the herd to protect the hurt, suffering, and injured. Should we do any less? Fling open the door to grace, reach in, and love someone in their pain. ...
Keep ReadingGrace poured out and undeserving changes us from inside out; filling us with the love of Christ that bubbles forth unbidden reflecting the glory of God....
Keep ReadingGive others the grace of encouragement this season....
Keep ReadingThanksgiving and the gathering family may be a time for anxiety when old experiences threaten to surface. Extend grace this holiday season and choose to offer a glimpse of the Gospel by extending forgiveness and overflowing grace to those at your table....
Keep ReadingOh Lord light a fire in us for your Word. That our hearts would clamor for the Book! That our souls would shout, "BRING OUT THE BOOK!" That we would purposefully, attentively, thoughtfully, prayerfully consume the Word. That our posture would reflect our desire to learn and listen to you speak Lord. Let us feel responsive to the Word, let it penetrate. Let us truly see our...
Keep ReadingVulnerable authenticity enables others to love us where we are, to meet us in our pain, to pray specifically, and to support us when we are suffering. ...
Keep ReadingFather's Day is a day chosen to honor fathers and all they do to bless our lives. For some the sting of fatherless childhoods, single motherhood, or the loss of a father can bring hurt to the surface....
Keep ReadingMarriage is a representation of Christ and the church and a love so amazing it is poured out for all eternity in a never ending stream of grace covering all sin for all time. It highlights in two people the growth and spiritual maturity achieved through Christ over time. The marriage metaphor allows us to fully appreciate the enormity of God's love, mercy, and grace....
Keep ReadingWe celebrate the grace of Christ and proclaim His glory through baptism. We announce to our brothers and sisters we have trusted in Christ, our old self has died. Baptism serves as a celebration, proclamation,and an illustration of what it means to be a Christian not just for the person immersed but for the church as a Gospel reflection. ...
Keep ReadingShift our gaze to the "love uttermost" of our Savior Christ Jesus as we focus on the days leading up to the death of Jesus(Good Friday)and Easter. Dive into unimaginable love, love without boundaries, encumbrances, love wrapped in humility, love expressed as unfathomable mercy, amazing love poured out covering us in limitless grace....
Keep ReadingAs believing Christians it is often heart wrenching when our adult children flee from faith. What can we do and how should we interact with these wayward prodigals?...
Keep ReadingPinning our hopes on a wordly ideal this Valentine's Day can leave us wanting more. When we realize it's not about us, it's about God, we are full of the indescribable joy that comes from the glory of God....
Keep ReadingTitus 2 outlines the mutual benefit and blessing derived from life together where we support, serve, encourage, and learn from each other bound by the mercy and grace of our Lord......
Keep ReadingCrave the milk and meat of the Gospel, delight in the Lord. As your knowledge of Him increases that love will bubble over to others....
Keep ReadingWait upon the Lord and find strength for a true heart change in Him....
Keep ReadingHarried, hurried this Christmas season? Refocus, realign, and re-entrench yourself in the Word.Fix your eyes on the cross and rediscover indescribable overflowing joy!...
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