“Happy Dependence Day”
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Celebrate Dependence: A Better Foundation for Life
Americans love to celebrate independence. It’s deeply woven into our cultural identity—we value blazing our own trails, defending our freedoms, and providing for ourselves. These ideals can be good and noble. But in the Kingdom of God, the foundation is radically different.
The Kingdom isn’t built on self-sufficiency, but on total reliance—on the grace, will, and power of God. We don’t earn our place in it. We inherit it, through the costly gift of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
This is why Scripture repeatedly invites us into dependence—not as weakness, but as wisdom.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5–6)
True wisdom means trusting God over ourselves. It means acknowledging His presence and power in every part of life.
Yes, we encourage people to work hard and provide for themselves—but even tha...
"Do You Love and Appreciate You? Here's Why It Matters"
God’s greatest gift to you … is YOU!
Without you, you do not exist.
God made you on purpose, with purpose.
You are not a random mixture of ingredients, but rather the culmination of desire, intent and planning – orchestrated by God. You are exactly what He thought of when He dreamt of you. He used your family lines, history, geography and circumstances to form you. You are His personal handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works that He has prepared in advance for you. (Ephesians 2:10)
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Our two primary responses to God’s personal gift are to love Him with all that we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. (Mark 12:30-31) There are three love objects mentioned in this Great Command and Commission: God, others and ourselves.Â
In my faith circles, I have heard a great deal about loving God and loving others, but I haven’t heard much about rightly loving myself. Rather, such a thought has often been looked at with suspicion – as if it is a selfish and/or self-absorbed ...
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