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Prayer to Know God
“The greatest privilege and highest aim we have is not just to know about God but to know Him better, personally, more intimately. And what

Tara Barndt
Aug 28, 20248 min read


Refining Fire
[I will return to Ephesians next week.] We recently returned from the Big Island of Hawaii. Like last week, our time there reminded me...

Tara Barndt
Aug 21, 20245 min read


God Is Our Refuge
God doesn’t just provide a shelter from bad things. He also lavishes us with good things when we run to Him as our refuge.

Tara Barndt
Aug 14, 20244 min read


Faith & Love
“Jesus is Lord and Savior. The Ephesians believers knew this. They lived it. They professed it. They were known for it.”

Tara Barndt
Aug 7, 20247 min read


Blessed by Being Sealed
“It is in Christ, by God’s sovereignty and power according to His faithfulness that we have obtained an inheritance.”

Tara Barndt
Jul 31, 20248 min read


Blessed by Being Redeemed Pt 2
We continue the struggle with sin this side of glory, but our sin can never come close to surpassing God’s grace.

Tara Barndt
Jul 24, 20245 min read


Blessed by Being Redeemed Pt 1
Abundant grace. Extravagant grace. Glorious grace. Lavish grace. God doesn’t parcel out meager measures of grace, and His grace never runs o

Tara Barndt
Jul 18, 202410 min read


Blessed by Being Chosen
“God’s glorious grace has blessed us. God has shown us His mercy, grace, love, kindness, and goodness in election and salvation. Our respons

Tara Barndt
Jul 10, 202410 min read


Blessed
“God may choose to bless us with physical blessings, but the promised, true, immeasurable, inexhaustible, eternal blessings are spiritual bl

Tara Barndt
Jul 3, 20247 min read


Ephesians: the Beginning
“I am just as desperate for God and His grace in my good moments and as in my bad.”

Tara Barndt
Jun 26, 20247 min read


Relying on God
When suffering, we should not rely on ourselves, others, things, or a different set of circumstances. We rely on God. We set our hope on God

Tara Barndt
Jun 19, 20246 min read


Suffering With Hope
We can suffer with hope because we know it is God’s will, His good purpose in our lives for His glory, that we would be conformed more to th

Tara Barndt
Jun 12, 20245 min read


Comfort in Affliction
Whatever our affliction, whatever our troubles, God’s Word is our hope, comfort, and life.

Tara Barndt
Jun 5, 20246 min read


Poor & Needy
David’s heart was troubled, but he believed in his faithful God, his help, and his deliverer.

Tara Barndt
May 29, 20246 min read


Putting It Into Practice
I’m a planner. I had this week mapped out and things in place for my husband and I to leave Thursday for a 14-day Baltic Sea Cruise to...

Tara Barndt
May 23, 20244 min read


Better Than Gold or Silver
God’s Word is unsurpassed, unmatched, and unrivaled. Can we say with the psalmist, “The law of your mouth is better to me than anything else

Tara Barndt
May 15, 20247 min read


My Delight
God’s Word is his hope, comfort, encouragement, strength, and life because it is God’s very words breathed out.

Tara Barndt
May 8, 20245 min read


James: the end
Last week, we completed our journey through James. I would like to take one more week in James to look back, reflect, and hide the truths...

Tara Barndt
May 1, 20242 min read


Bringing Back
“James ends his letter as he began it with an exhortation to Gospel action... Genuine faith lives and shares the Gospel.”

Tara Barndt
Apr 24, 20246 min read


Praying With Faith Pt 2
We pray with faith that is expectant, trusts God’s sovereignty, and seeks God’s will above our own.

Tara Barndt
Apr 17, 202410 min read
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