For the reader whose loudest critic has been himself for years, this gives the plain difference between the correction God gives and the crushing that only wears a person out, without asking him to diagnose anything.
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Messages
2 Chronicles 20:17
The Lord Fights
Last One To Turn Off The Lights
2 Chronicles 20:17
Lamentations 3:23
Still Standing
Eleven Winters Of Feeding
Lamentations 3:23
Ephesians 6:16
Armour God Gives
The Shield Is Not Yours To Make
Ephesians 6:16
Deuteronomy 3:22
The Lord Fights
Refreshing At Six In The Morning
Deuteronomy 3:22
Psalm 18:32
Armour God Gives
Sleeves Rolled Twice
Psalm 18:32
2 Corinthians 7:10
Free From Condemnation
Waiting For The But
2 Corinthians 7:10
2 Corinthians 4:9
Still Standing
The Same Candle Every Evening
2 Corinthians 4:9
2 Corinthians 7:10
Free From Condemnation
Kneeling on a Blue Mat
2 Corinthians 7:10
Numbers 23:19
Truth Holds You
My Read Of The Room
Numbers 23:19
Micah 7:8
Still Standing
She Does Not Know I Come
Micah 7:8
Psalm 19:7
Truth Holds You
The Tide Table And The Water
Psalm 19:7
Psalm 91:4
Armour God Gives
The Vest Buckles At The Back
Psalm 91:4
John 17:17
Truth Holds You
The Sentence I Cannot Believe About Myself
John 17:17
Zechariah 3:4
Free From Condemnation
The Stain Before The Wedding
Zechariah 3:4
Psalm 91:1
Already Covered
The Tray Was Still In My Hands
Psalm 91:1
Genesis 45:5
Same Side Again
Which Sister Gets The Clock
Genesis 45:5
Isaiah 61:10
Armour God Gives
He Put It On You At The Door
Isaiah 61:10
Romans 14:19
Same Side Again
We Used To Sit Together
Romans 14:19
Colossians 3:3
Already Covered
The Photograph I Was Not In
Colossians 3:3
Isaiah 40:8
Truth Holds You
Taped Inside The Cupboard Door
Isaiah 40:8
Ephesians 6:11
Armour God Gives
Whole, And Not Assembled By You
Ephesians 6:11
Habakkuk 3:19
Still Standing
Still On The Headland
Habakkuk 3:19
Exodus 14:14
The Lord Fights
The Folder On The Passenger Seat
Exodus 14:14
Psalm 32:7
Already Covered
It Arrived Whole In The Library
Psalm 32:7
Psalm 133:1
Same Side Again
Who Was Right That Year
Psalm 133:1
Psalm 5:12
Already Covered
The Tone She Said My Name In
Psalm 5:12
1 Corinthians 15:58
Still Standing
Five Forty, Nineteen Years
1 Corinthians 15:58
Psalm 61:3
Already Covered
It Rang Twice On The Ladder
Psalm 61:3
Micah 7:19
Free From Condemnation
The Same Three Months Again
Micah 7:19
Psalm 37:24
Still Standing
Getting Up Stopped Feeling Like Anything
Psalm 37:24
Psalm 130:5
Truth Holds You
The Same Line On The Bench
Psalm 130:5
Isaiah 25:4
Already Covered
The Wind Turned At The Point
Isaiah 25:4
2 Kings 6:16
The Lord Fights
More With Us Than With Them
2 Kings 6:16
Colossians 3:12
Armour God Gives
My Grandfather Shoulders
Colossians 3:12
Isaiah 43:2
The Lord Fights
Nine O Clock Every Night From Here
Isaiah 43:2
Romans 8:1
Free From Condemnation
Eight Years In The Parking Lot
Romans 8:1
Genesis 13:8
Same Side Again
Two of You Carrying the Same Thing
Genesis 13:8
2 Chronicles 20:15
The Lord Fights
Nobody Posted You There
2 Chronicles 20:15
1 John 3:20
Free From Condemnation
The List In Alphabetical Order
1 John 3:20
Psalm 138:7
Already Covered
Can We Have A Word
Psalm 138:7
Ephesians 6:13
Armour God Gives
Fastened At The Back
Ephesians 6:13
Romans 12:18
Same Side Again
Passing In The Hallway
Romans 12:18
Psalm 42:5
Truth Holds You
True Before Wednesday
Psalm 42:5
Matthew 5:44
Same Side Again
I Heard What I Was Praying
Matthew 5:44
1 Samuel 17:47
The Lord Fights
The Crate By The Front Door
1 Samuel 17:47
Colossians 3:13
Same Side Again
Standing On The Same Ground
Colossians 3:13
2 Chronicles 20:15
The Lord Fights
The Only One Still Awake
2 Chronicles 20:15
Ephesians 6:12
Same Side Again
Two Brothers And One Till
Ephesians 6:12
Psalm 32:5
Free From Condemnation
Confessed And Never Finished
Psalm 32:5
Deuteronomy 33:27
Already Covered
It Came In At The Third Line
Deuteronomy 33:27
Matthew 24:35
Truth Holds You
The Page That Outlived Them
Matthew 24:35
Nehemiah 4:20
The Lord Fights
The One Who Always Speaks
Nehemiah 4:20
2 Corinthians 4:16
Still Standing
Every Thursday, Same Room
2 Corinthians 4:16
Psalm 119:89
Truth Holds You
Copied Into A New Notebook
Psalm 119:89
Romans 12:19
The Lord Fights
The Conversation In The Car
Romans 12:19
Proverbs 15:1
Same Side Again
The Same Twenty Minutes
Proverbs 15:1
Psalm 33:4
Truth Holds You
I Felt Nothing And Decided What It Meant
Psalm 33:4
1 Corinthians 13:7
Same Side Again
Across The Table At Every Lunch
1 Corinthians 13:7
Ephesians 6:13
Armour God Gives
You Are Already Dressed For This
Ephesians 6:13
2 Timothy 4:7
Still Standing
The Boots By The Door
2 Timothy 4:7
Isaiah 59:17
Armour God Gives
He Wore It First
Isaiah 59:17
2 Corinthians 5:16
Same Side Again
The One Sentence I Reduced Her To
2 Corinthians 5:16
John 3:17
Free From Condemnation
The Thought That Arrives When I Stand
John 3:17
Ephesians 6:14
Armour God Gives
The Belt Goes On First
Ephesians 6:14
Psalm 46:1
Already Covered
Aisle Seven, No Warning
Psalm 46:1
Hebrews 10:36
Still Standing
Nobody Wrote It Down
Hebrews 10:36
Deuteronomy 1:30
The Lord Fights
Mending The Same Wire
Deuteronomy 1:30
Psalm 73:26
Still Standing
Six Years of Sunday Evenings
Psalm 73:26
Ephesians 6:17
Armour God Gives
The Helmet You Did Not Buy
Ephesians 6:17
Psalm 46:10
The Lord Fights
The One Who Manages Everyone
Psalm 46:10
Psalm 27:5
Already Covered
Two Minutes Before I Was Due
Psalm 27:5
Galatians 6:9
Still Standing
I Stopped Counting In March
Galatians 6:9
Revelation 12:10
Free From Condemnation
Too Much Since I Was Nine
Revelation 12:10
Psalm 91:4
Already Covered
The Cover Was Up Before the Call
Psalm 91:4
Psalm 27:14
Still Standing
It Stopped Feeling Like Faith
Psalm 27:14
Psalm 121:5
Already Covered
The Gate Opened At Eleven
Psalm 121:5
Ephesians 4:32
Same Side Again
Keeping Score With A Fifteen Year Old
Ephesians 4:32
Hebrews 6:19
Truth Holds You
Watch The Rope, Not The Water
Hebrews 6:19
Romans 8:33
Free From Condemnation
One Meeting, Six Years
Romans 8:33
Psalm 12:6
Truth Holds You
Seven Times In The Furnace
Psalm 12:6
Isaiah 43:25
Free From Condemnation
Slowing At The Same Bend
Isaiah 43:25
Jeremiah 1:12
Truth Holds You
The Post I Set In November
Jeremiah 1:12
Psalm 103:12
Free From Condemnation
Eleven Drafts Of One Message
Psalm 103:12
Romans 13:12
Armour God Gives
Armor Made Of Light
Romans 13:12