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Lenten Song of the Day: Phil Wickham – “Mercy” (Live at RELEVANT)
Mercy – Phil Wickham Lyrics: Made from the dust and breathed into life He stood unashamed with a fire in His eyes The image of God walking upon the world All of the earth was under His feet Except for the fruit from a forbidden tree He took a taste and that’s how he breaks…
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Our Broken Love, God’s Perfect Love
“No fathers or mothers can love their children perfectly. No husbands or wives can love each other with unlimited love. There is no human love that is not broken somewhere… God’s love for us is everlasting. That means that God’s love for us existed before we were born and will exist after we have died.…
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Creating Space for God
“Discipline is the other side of discipleship. Discipleship without discipline is like waiting to run in the marathon without ever practicing. Discipline without discipleship is like always practicing for the marathon but never participating. It is important, however, to realize that discipline in the spiritual life is not the same as discipline in sports. Discipline…
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All of Christ’s Time, Wisdom and Care… For You!
“The human spirit, while most truly possessing its own individuality and personal distinctness, is interpenetrated and energized by the Spirit of Christ. He does not work on us from without, as one separated from us, but from within, as the very heart from which the life-blood of our spirits flows. Christ’s omnipresence makes it possible…
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Where is your tree rooted? (Security)
What is the basis of our security? When we start thinking about that question, we may give many answers: success, money, friends, property, popularity, family, connections, insurance, and so on. We may not always think that any of these forms the basis of our security, but our actions or feelings may tell us otherwise. When…
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When we grieve, there’s something that goes on underneath…
Sometimes you grieve for what you could have had… Tearing away leaves a wound. When we grieve, there’s something that goes on underneath… a grieving for what we longed for. Our hearts were made for so much more… Ecclesiastes 3:11 New Living Translation (NLT) “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He…
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It Goes On!
I’m preparing my Sunday lesson on Tabitha (a woman with a heart to serve and who’s life was cut short but was raised again to advance God’s Good News), before I go to a young woman’s funeral. Glad, so very glad for God’s gracious resurrection that defeated sin and death. The story continues… amidst the…
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How Much He Wants To Give You!
“When you go to prayer, your first thought must be: The Father is in secret, the Father waits me there. Just because your heart is cold and prayerless, get you into the presence of the loving Father. As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth you. Do not be thinking of how little…
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It’s Just Going To Get Uglier
In my connecting with depression sufferers, I have learned that much depression, including my own in the past, is indeed caused by anger and bitterness caused by hurt done by others. In connecting with one depression sufferer in particular who courageously has chosen to move forward in their healing journey which will require safely addressing…
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Your Home Impacts The World
Your home is the heart of the church… The heart of the church is your home… What you do at home and ‘at church’ is too often on two extremes. Choice of words, entertainment… the things you think about… But when you see that your home is a place of worship – THE primary place…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 