Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 15, 2010
by Erin Monahan Stauffer In the midst of Northview’s recent focus on freedom, Julie Plake, a life-long Christian, found herself adrift in a sea of color-coded calendars and unopened gifts from God. The self-proclaimed “control freak” admits she was not enthusiastic when Lead Pastor Steve Poe began teaching a 6-week spiritual growth campaign titled Free* [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 13, 2010
by Mandy Cooley “What color are you?” For people who went through the Free* experience, this question was not only a secret code that revealed who was doing their homework, but also a way to quickly know what struggles someone was fighting. For Tisha, the realization that she was “yellow” was just the beginning of [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 4, 2010
by Cassie Hale I don’t think I’ve ever known exactly who I am. I realize that seems odd; after all, I’ve lived in my own skin for 32 years now and should have a pretty good idea of who I am, but I just don’t. All my life I’ve tried to gain approval; I have [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 1, 2010
BY AMYRA Sometimes, when I realize that God paid the price on the cross just for me, I get into a mindset that He did it only for me. But Galatians 5:1, which has constantly been revealed to me throughout Free*, says “It is for freedom that Christ has set US free.” Not just me, [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: October 26, 2010
by Shanna Banks Prayer. That single word can make the entire room go quiet at the end of my Life Group … well, admit it – it probably happens in your Life Group, too. There’s something unknown about prayer – will I have to pray? Out loud? Does God hear me? What if I don’t [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: October 21, 2010
BY AMYRA It’s strange how we don’t know just what is holding us back from true freedom in Christ until we search for it. For me, Free* has been a chance to understand many limitations that I have in my life – ones that I did not even know existed. Until I began this spiritual [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: October 15, 2010
by Kim Morrison What does God long for us to do? Be with Him…talk to Him…trust Him. A unique opportunity to spend one-on-one time with God starts today and runs October 15–24 at the Carmel campus. The Prayer Experience in West Lafayette starts October 18 and ends on October 23. The Prayer Experience has been [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: October 10, 2010
by Stan Priebe We’re at the midpoint in our Free* study, and I’ve become aware of some things that have been barriers to me being all God wants me to be. Did you find those first two sections of our workbook uncomfortably intense? Me, too. Feeling a little restless? Wonder how this is all going [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: October 6, 2010
by Sarah Hensley A poster that I saw while visiting Taylor University says, “No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of thinking and reasoning as fear.” Although I have only been through two weeks of *Free, God has already used it to reveal to me that my largest stronghold that holds [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: October 2, 2010
by Nancy Price Since participating in last year’s spiritual growth campaign called Reset (see what that was about here), Jon Page’s Life Group has grown through trust, surrender, transparency and intimacy to create a group that has become just like family. “(The campaign) was a great time of growth for our group last year,” Page, [...]
