Some days flow with praise quite naturally but on some days praise on our lips seem impossible. It is then that we need to remember that we don't have to and can never do it in our own strength.
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Just like any long-term relationship, faith has seasons of intense emotional closeness and seasons of quiet, steady routine. A dry season does not mean your faith is dead. It often means your soul is tired and needs rest, not more rules.
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Her name is Mandy and, from what I have observed in her life, she qualifies as someone who has and is doing incredible things for Jesus.
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We need to keep tools in the rightful place. When we start seeking AI’s wisdom before God’s that’s when we run into problems
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Satan is active to steal our peace, kill our joy and destroy our assurance of calm delight. So we have to combat him by filling our minds with everything positive, encouraging and uplifting.
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Our hearts are forever longing for home. Books and movies like “Homeward Bound” set their plots around the journey back to where we came from. The apostle John reminds us of this journey back home, saying that our sights should be set on our spiritual stomping grounds when he gives us the imperative to “not let your hearts be troubled … My Father’s house has many rooms … I go and prepare a place for you” (John 14:1-3).
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Hustle. It’s become the buzzword of our time - along with similar words like grind and productivity. It seems like everyone is managing a job, plus a side project, a full social life, an intense workout routine, and an Instagram-worthy home with a fridge arranged in rainbow order. There are hundreds of articles with advice for getting more things done in less time so you can then do even more things.
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Some things aren’t meant for our human minds to see or comprehend. There is evil, especially online, that is beyond our comprehension.
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I have always preferred opposites. Noise to complete silence. Smiles instead of tears. Light instead of the dark
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Every Christian desires to live a life that pleases God. However, true spiritual transformation is not about forcing ourselves to follow a checklist of rules. Instead, it is the natural result of the Holy Spirit working inside us.
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Quiet time was a prescription for early morning hours, but I typically wouldn’t be caught pausing mid-stride during the day’s agenda. I was seduced into believing productivity—our culture’s prized commodity—should be my goal.
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Pornography is just one of those evils. The Bible doesn’t say anything about pornography specifically, but it does talk about the two main reason we turn to porn: lust and a lack of self- control.
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The heart is the most important organ in your body. Not only does it pump blood to the rest of the body, but it also holds the meaning of your existence. The heart is precious and deserves protection. After all, everything we do flows from our heart. So, we must keep our hearts pure, so our actions are pure.
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Every Christian desires to live a life that pleases God. However, true spiritual transformation is not about forcing ourselves to follow a checklist of rules. Instead, it is the natural result of the Holy Spirit working inside us. In his letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul describes this transformation as "the fruit of the Spirit."
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Trust in His grace for my now. Avoid picking up yesterday’s anxiety. Because it steals my joy for today, to carry the mantle of anxiety over yesterday would be futile. My concern should be whether I placed priority on Kingdom principles.
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When you think of May, you think of flowers and spring…or maybe you think of “April showers, bring May flowers.” There is a whole group of people here in the United States that think of another thing - Memorial Day. A holiday that honors those who died that served in our military.
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The words of “Great is Thy Faithfulness” remind us that we have the privilege and blessing to know God’s mercies are a daily provision, and his abiding presence gives us hope amid a world filled with hopelessness.
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Recently I completed my 60 laps around the sun, yes- I turned 60! I was filled with thanks and praise to God. Over the month I wrote down verses which had spoken to me, verses I had prayed through and Bible verses I had lived out across the six decades.
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I’m prefacing all of this to say that I engage with the world. I engage with the pop culture topics of the day, news headlines, politics, and entertainment. While I remain guarded in what I entertain, I stay up to date so I can have conversations that point back to the Gospel and Jesus’ redemption of lives.
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