There’s a moment in Scripture that captures both the desperation of human need and the boundless compassion of Jesus. A father brings his suffering son—tormented since childhood by seizures and demonic attacks—to Jesus. The disciples had tried to help, but nothing worked. This father, worn and weary, looks to Jesus and says, “If You can do anything, please help us.” Jesus immediately responds to that small word — if. "If you can?" said Jesus. “ Everything is possible for th
I am who God says I am and so are you! He says we are a new creation in Christ. That means I am no longer the old Julie, the Julie full of negative thoughts. The old me is in the past and the only way to keep it alive is to think and live in the past. We do that when we replay or ruminate about past memories. In Romans 8, Paul makes that classic statement we've all quoted about how nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. In verse 38 Paul says, "For I am convinced tha
