Real Hope Comes From God's Promises

When I am anxious about something, I automatically go to the “land of what-ifs”—a place where fear overtakes reality. Then I plot to control and fix whatever is going on. Well, you can guess how that works out. As we listen to him instead of our own fears and anxious thoughts, God settles us in the reality of who he is. That is how we can hold fast to the hope we have. 

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Chris Gebert
Trust In God's Unfailing Faithfulness For Forgiveness

God yearns for parents and children to know that they need and have a Savior that will never leave or forsake them, no matter what mess they get themselves into. God’s faithful, merciful love gives families the confidence to not have to fake him or anyone else out. He just wants us to come clean with him, to be honest about our struggles and weaknesses. 

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Chris Gebert
Leading Children To True Peace

We don’t have to teach our children to take crazy, ineffective actions to escape their guilt. We simply and honestly tell them about our own need for the forgiveness of Jesus. They should know beyond any doubt that they are totally forgiven and unconditionally loved by God himself.

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Chris Gebert
Everything Is Nothing Without Jesus

What Solomon writes makes me ponder how we encourage kids to be all they can be. Our children desperately need to know that they are safe in God’s kingdom even as they live out their lives in a world that is destined to fail.

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Chris Gebert