Growing with God can be an adventure, but growth is important to God. It is one of the interesting paradoxes with God. He says about Himself in Malachi 3 that He is the Lord and does not change. However, God is all about growth. You can see it reflected in the nature He created around […]
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Living in the information age provides us with no shortage of words. Words are coming at us from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to bed in all forms. Social media, texts, emails, and podcasts to name a few, not to mention the more established television and books. The irony, of
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Have you ever struggled with allowing God to be God? I know I have. God is amazing and wonderful and majestic and powerful and loves us beyond our comprehension. However, many of us have many opinions about who God is, who He should be, and how He should move. But the thing about God is
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Many of us have had the experience of trying to gain a child’s attention. You may stand the child in front of you, have them look you in the eye, give them instructions, and even have them repeat after you. When you ask them did you hear me or were you listening? “Yes, I am,”
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Have you ever thought that the life of Jesus is recorded in four different books of the Bible from four unique perspectives? Some of the gospels share the same events, but also, some stories are exclusive to that gospel. They even begin in very different ways. What I love about the gospels is that because
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I attended a small Christian school for the majority of my elementary school years. Built into our school day was a Bible class. It wasn’t until I became an adult that I truly recognized what a privilege that was. Ms. Busey was the teacher’s name and she was very smart and very wise and very
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Do you ever feel weighed down by the cares of the world? Does it feel like most of what comes at you causes you fear or anxiety? Do you ever feel like you are not doing enough or accomplishing enough even in your Christian walk? Do you realize this is not at all how God
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Community is important. No one does well long-term on their own. God is all about community. In fact, He created us so that He could have personal relationships with us. When Jesus was on the earth, He also demonstrated the importance of community with His disciples as well as others who followed and served Him.
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Do you live your life with somedays? I think most of us do which is pretty normal. It is fun to look forward and dream of things that may or may not happen someday. However, I think sometimes we as Christians fall into the “someday Jesus will return” trap. Jesus returning for his bride, the
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Have you ever thought about the fact that Jesus does not HAVE peace? He IS peace. I think sometimes we view peace as a denial of the circumstances going on around us or simply refusing to live in reality. There are times when I can feel worry, fear, and anxiety on the rise and I
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