Knowing God
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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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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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Overcoming Without Fear
“The eagle flies in storms while other birds seek shelter and other animals run and hide. With an adjustment of his wings, the eagle can fly almost motionless even in the face of great winds. The eagle uses the strong winds of the storm to lift him higher and higher until he rises above the…
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Real Love is Not Afraid to Bleed
I’m saying yes to You And no to my desires I’ll leave myself behind And follow You I’ll walk the narrow road ’cause it leads me to You I’ll fall but grace Will pick me up again I’ve counted up the cost Oh I’ve counted up the cost Yes I’ve counted up the cost And…
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Have You Drifted?
“I’ve yet to meet a follower of Christ who deliberately set out to ignore God, but many have drifted away because they allowed everything else – the kids, the job, the demands, the stress, the struggle – to get in the way of the precious relationship he offers.” – Randy Frazee What is getting in…
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You Have No Right To Be Unhappy
You have no right to be unhappy — and 9 other simple reminders for everyday… “I wake up lost every morning. At least that’s what it feels like. Perhaps something similar is true of you. Somehow during the night I’ve forgotten the big realities about God and the universe and myself and the gospel. I…
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Why is Anxiety About the Future a Form of Pride? (John Piper)
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:6–7) Why is anxiety about the future a form of pride? God’s answer would sound something like this: I — the Lord, your…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 