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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Have you ever thought about how God feels about the power of choice? The Bible says in 1 John 4:19 (NKJV) “We love Him because He first loved us.” Meaning that God chooses us which in turn gives us the ability to choose Him. How did God choose us? The Bible tells us in Ephesians
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Several years ago I heard a speaker ask a question of the audience. Her question went something like, “Do you know there are parts of God’s heart that are lonely for you?” The question struck a chord with me. Up until that point, I honestly had never thought about that before. The very idea of
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Selah. This is a term used often in the book of Psalms. The first time we see the word Selah is in Psalms 3. Here, David is writing about his trouble with one of his sons. The Psalms begins much like others David wrote with the negative emotions he has about the situation he is
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Have you ever thought gratitude could be our secret weapon? There is no denying that life can feel challenging at times. You may be even now going through a hard time with finances, or relationships, or health. And at this time of year in particular, any family struggles seem to radiate pain more than ever.
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No one likes pain. I think we can all agree that pain is not a fun part of life. However, can there be purpose in our pain? Now let me clear. God is absolutely good. He does not cause bad things to happen to people. Bad things happen because of our own poor choices, because
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There are many examples in the Bible of people having to make hard impactful decisions of obedience. God had asked them to do something that did not make sense to them or even put them in harm’s way. Then they had to come to a decision point of whether they would follow and trust God,
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