Epic Every Day

Love means letting go, right? Letting them choose their path. God even does this for us. He could force us to obey Him, but He doesn't. It’s hard to apply this in our own lives though. We want those …

There are many ways for love to break down between people. There may be a poor understanding of what love even is or we could have trouble seeing others the way God sees them--which is always as the …

Part of our job as people made in the image of God is to protect the vital core of our heart so there is room to give love abundantly. But if we don’t have good boundaries, our hearts get plundered. …

Maybe you’re pretty good at loving others. But what about when they reject you? How hard it is to deal with that pain—when they don’t return your love? It’s too easy to take on that rejection and mak…

Know any annoying people? How about downright hurtful people? How do you love them? Evan & Liz Frerichs talk about how it’s impossible to solve that person’s problem—whatever it is that makes them hu…

You have been bought with a price, you are a new creation, you have been forgiven, you are God’s child. These should be shame killers and love amplifiers if you’re in the family of God. But too often…

Why is it so difficult to receive love? Partly because it takes humility. If it’s really love, the other person is going to see who you really are. This is scary idea! And we come up with all kinds o…

It’s not faith or strength to hide doubts, and it’s not noble to suppress parts of your self. But when we want to love or be loved, we often do this—creating less intimacy, not more. To truly love ta…

God does not despise us. So why do we live like He does? And when we don’t see His love for us, it’s too easy to despise ourselves. But a fruit of the spirit is love and this must include self-love. …

Love your neighbor as you love yourself. How often do we as Christians forget the self-love, while our culture is forgetting the part about loving your neighbor? There are 100 little ways to do self-…

The right constrictions lead to broader freedom. This is the case with the fruit of the spirit self-control. Through this discipline, God leads us to the good works we would choose to do if we had th…

Are you abiding in God, or doing a bunch of spiritual gymnastics trying to look spiritual? Are forcing your spiritual life? God’s invitation into the family of God is not about iron will; it’s about …

There is a mystery and balance between our God-given personalities and the broken parts of us that God desires to change and grow. Evan and Liz Frerichs discuss this balance and how to strive for spi…

Who loves conflict? We all probably dread it to some extent, but when we center our life around avoidance of conflict, trying to soften everything, we become a ghost with no impact on anything. This …

What is self-control? Is it just beating the flesh into submission? Christians tend to think this is what it means; that we’ve got to attack our fleshly desires head on. Evan & Liz believe it’s more …

Brene Brown says Serpentining is what we do to avoid POTENTIAL shame and hurt. We all do this either through procrastination, falsely positive emotions, or distractions from stress of life. We all kn…

There’s a difference between putting your toe over the line & dashing across it. It is possible to use vulnerability as a shield against healthy relationships. You’re the only one who can tell if you…

Trapped in Woulda, shoulda, coulda… Whether you’re trying to be perfect or just not mess up at all, no one can maintain that level of performance! The pressure on yourself is another kind of vulnerab…

If there ever was an activity where the all-important key to understanding it is to ‘know thyself,’ it’s this one. Today we’re talking about the things we do to take the edge off. There are a thousan…

What do you think about when you hear the word “vulnerable”? Weakness? All week we’re going to talk about what Brené Brown calls vulnerability armor—the methods we use to avoid vulnerability. Today w…