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Already Too Full?
Our cups may be empty at times and at others, they may be too full to be filled with what we really need. This is why I have adopted the prayer, “Empty me of me, fill me with you, Holy Spirit.” Alan Fadling is a blogger I follow regularly and who wonderfully refers to this…
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Disappointment Restores and Resurrects
“We should praise God for disappointment because it drives us to our knees. Disappointment is like a dream defibrillation. If we respond the right way, we can restore our prayer rhythm and resurrect our dreams.” – Mark Batterson
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God’s Love Letter to You! | Soul Shepherding
What if God were to write a letter to you? It’d be a love letter! Have you read the Bible as being God’s love letter to you? That’s what it is! I know you don’t deserve it — neither do I. That’s the point. God’s love is unconditional. Bill Gaultiere wrote this love letter to…
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God Didn’t Call Us to Be Successful, He Called Us to Be Faithful
A few years ago, studying the book of Isaiah, I was deeply impacted by the fact that God called Isaiah, not to be successful, but to be faithful. What? Yup. In fact, God warned him that his ministry would have no converts. One could ask, “Why bother?” Our human voices ask ourselves, “What’s the point?”…
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Need Prayer? | Mary DeMuth
Have you ever felt helpless? That all you can do is holler a few words to the heavens and ask for simple help? I’ve been in that place more times than I can count. It’s a good place. A hard place. A needy place. Where we realize that we can’t do everything. Usually during those…
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The Necessity of Brokenness | Write Where It Hurts
If we have the eyes to see, we will come to know and understand that brokenness purifies our vision and chisels away all that keeps us from fully knowing the heart of God. If you and I want to recover from the losses of life, we must catch a vision for the greater role that…
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More Than Gold or Silver
Psalm 119:71-72 (NLT) “My suffering was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your decrees. Your instructions are more valuable to me than millions in gold and silver.” If you’re going through struggle, be open to God’s lesson, wisdom, and meaning in the midst of your hardship. The greatest times of…
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Overcoming Our Mood Swings
Such a great read today from Henri Nouwen… Are we condemned to be passive victims of our moods? Must we simply say: “I feel great today” or “I feel awful today,” and require others to live with our moods? Although it is very hard to control our moods, we can gradually overcome them by living…
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We Criticize What We Know
“We criticize in others the very things we are guilty of ourselves. The reason we see hypocrisy, deceit, and a lack of genuineness in others is that they are all in our own hearts.” http://utmost.org/the-unchanging-law-of-judgment/
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An open letter to pastors {A non-mom speaks about Mother’s Day} // The Messy Middle
(Great post with excerpts below. Follow the link at the end to read the full article…) To those who gave birth this year to their first child—we celebrate with you To those who lost a child this year – we mourn with you To those who are in the trenches with little ones every day…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 