Category Archives: Discouraged Christian

Can I Have this Dance?

July 22, 2014Christ's rest, Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Freedom in Christ, Spiritual Encouragement, Unconditional loveAbba, Christian encouragement, encouragement in Christ, God's peace, time spent with Jesus, who I am in ChristT.W. Allgaier

Can I Have This Dance?

My husband and I love to dance. We have danced since we dated. Of course it was disco then…..and it is disco now when we get a chance to dance! Thankfully, most weddings do include oldies! We actually won contests when we were teens. Our sons may doubt that a bit.

But we even like to dance in the kitchen. A good Pandora station can do wonders for a couple. If anyone saw us they might laugh, my goodness…we laugh at ourselves! But it is so much fun. Such a sweet thing between us.

I had struggled for several years with how much the Father really loved me. How could Jesus Christ love me without condition? I always thought that God only loved me when I obeyed Him. I was completely immersed in legalism. The more I worked, the more He loved me…or so I thought. If I did not do what I “should” He would not love me. Continue reading Can I Have this Dance? →

Love Everyone! Excuse Me?

July 17, 2014Christ's rest, Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Grace, Hope, Jesus Christ, Love of God, Spiritual Encouragement, Surrenderagape love, branches, Christian encouragement, redemption, Rest in Christ, Surrender, The Cross, unlike, vineT.W. Allgaier

Love Everyone!! Excuse Me?

No can do!

True Confession~I do not like everyone I am around. There are a number of reasons, some of which if I shared..you wouldn’t like them either. Dare I say if you told me stories, I wouldn’t like some of the folks around you as well!

But wait a minute, aren’t we suppose to like everyone and even love everyone we come in contact with as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Continue reading Love Everyone! Excuse Me? →

Won’t Get it in a Church

July 15, 2014Christian encouragement, Discouraged Christian, Encouragement for Women, Freedom in Christ, Grace, Jesus Christ, Spiritual Encouragement, To Rest in ChristAbba, Christian encouragement, Christian life, encouragement in Christ, Lord, spiritual encouragementT.W. Allgaier

Depend on God, not the Institution

I am going to make some pretty bold statements here. I have had this conversation with a number of people lately, and I share it here.
Don’t look to the institution of the church, your “Sunday go to meeting” place to give you what you need to make it through the week.
You won’t get
what you need to sustain you
in your day to day life. Continue reading Won’t Get it in a Church →