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Seven Better Questions You Can Ask in the Midst of Adversity
Years ago, I learned an important lesson that is still helping me: the answers we get are often determined by the questions we ask. In times of adversity, this is particularly important. If you ask the wrong questions, you will feel fearful, discouraged, and defeated. In this post, I suggest seven BETTER questions. Read… Seven…
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How Does Idolatry Harm Individuals & Societies? | The Resurgence – The Sojourner
Whatever you base your life on—you have to live up to that…. If we take our meaning in life from our family, our work, a cause, or some achievement other than God, they enslave us. We have to have them… Read… How Does Idolatry Harm Individuals & Societies? | The Resurgence – The Sojourner.
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5 Reasons You Need Rest
Few people take a day off in today’s culture to rest. The ones that actually do commit to resting are seen as oddballs. Case in point: when mentioning online recently that I did nothing all day, a friend commented, “Just don’t make a habit of it.” Whah? It’s sort of counter-cultural to stop for a…
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When The Going Gets Tough…
When the going gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us, the way Jesus did. A soldier on duty doesn’t get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders. An athlete who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere. It’s the diligent…
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We Don’t Recruit Volunteers
We don’t recruit volunteers, we release leaders, because volunteers do good things, but leaders change the world. We are taking highly capable people and asking them to dream big. via The Way It Could Be » 13 Game-Changing Values of LifeChurch.tv
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Killer Quake in Japan. . . A Sign of the times?
I read this post today… I don’t mean to create panic with forwarding his note but I think he’s got a point about what the Scriptures say. Our response?: it’s a call to pray… ___ Killer Quake in Japan. . . A Sign of the times? by Greg Laurie on Friday, March 11, 2011 at…
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Criticism… | JohnRWallace.com
Sometimes people who don’t have a vision or goal for their own life feel threatened by people who can and do have visions for their life. via Criticism… | JohnRWallace.com.
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Questions to Ask God
Before I became a Spiritual Director and Life Coach…it all began at an amazing weekend at a Women’s Retreat (March 2011). I look back and see how God opened the door to hear His voice more clearly many years ago. At the retreat, I was blown away with an exercise we were to do with…
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What Does Victory In Your Life Look Like?
I came across this awesome quote today: “Victory is realized when we learn to be sensitive to God’s Spirit and to live according to His will and not just our desires.” – Charles F. Stanley …And if any of our desires are such that we’d fret if someone took the objects of our desire away,…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 