While beating us up for how awful we believe we are, self-hate also whispers to us that if we tried just a smidge harder, we could find the strength to obey on our own. But we can’t.

Does repentance never feel like enough? Do you wonder how God could love someone as wicked as you? Do you doubt your salvation every time you sin? Sister, you can have assurance of your salvation and escape those weighty feelings of self-hate and condemnation—all through the gospel.

Each of us knows the sickening feeling of guilt over our sins. It isn’t pleasant, and sometimes it comes unannounced. Yet, we also know it was by recognizing our smothering guilt that we confessed our sins and trusted in Christ for salvation. Is this guilty feeling good, even though it feels so bad? What do we do with our guilty consciences?

We’re all going to face suffering in this life—it’s sadly inevitable. Yet, what is also inevitable are the lies. In the midst of suffering, we can set our minds on truth, what the Bible actually says about our pain. Here are five misconceptions about suffering and the truth to which we can cling.

Whether you think you are already a pretty humble person, or you think you need lots of growth in the area of humility, here are six characteristics of a humble woman of God.

Do you regularly barrage yourself with self-condemnation? Here’s not only how we can combat such destructive self-talk, but also why those words of self-condemnation are wrong.