Refuge for the Lonely

We have often heard the adage that some people fail to make the eight-inch connection between their mind and heart; it is a paradigm shift from knowledge to belief and acting upon that belief. In the case of a believer who is prone to the roller-coaster pilgrimage of being swept along with their emotions, this adage becomes the necessary application: I must cease acting upon the whims of my heart-sick woes and know that I am safe in believing that my God is faithful, and He is what my heart-hungry soul needs.

Pray Always

God does not require long prayers to establish intimacy with His children. Instead, Scripture tells us that our hearts are to be in continuous prayer, whether that is with numerous small prayers throughout the day, or longer prayer sessions when we have time to bring it all to God all at once.

Leading a Life of Worship

Since worship is a lifestyle and not just through the music, we live a life of sacrifice. We devote every day to God. We worship in Spirit and in truth in a manner that is holy and pleasing to God. Even serving is an act of worship, it's through our actions we are worshiping God, not just our words.

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My Coffee Time Comfort

The ‘I shall not want’ mindset- how will it look for a young mother doing endless laundry and sitting up into the wee hours feeding and nappy changing? Maybe you are in that stage of life now. Or maybe you are feeling lonely, tired, overworked or neglected. Psalm 23:1 is a good one to know by heart, meditate on and live out.

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Media Matters: Part 3

God took those years of lack of wisdom and maturity and developed skills that allowed me to glorify Him more. This is your reminder, though, that the internet and this world have both light and dark. If you’ve been in the dark, God can still use that, redeem it, and bring glory.

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Media Matters: Part 2

The beauty of this online relationship is I found someone to reach other young women and teach everything we knew about the Bible. I was able to be my fully introverted self and we saw each other when we saw each other

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Hospitality

Hospitality is others focused, and that is when we look more like Jesus Christ, when we focus on others, and not ourselves. As I have grown up, I’ve seen my own parents in action giving of their time freely, open up their home to strangers, give their money, resources, pray for others, laugh and cry with others and that showed me in action what true hospitality looks like.

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Rest

The bottom line is that we must learn to take responsibility for the health of our own soul and learn to rest in Him. Cease wrestling and striving. One aspect of this is to recognize that I am not responsible for the management of others’ perceptions of me.

Media Matters: Part 1

Join Alycia on a journey to explore how media in the 21st century shapes our lives and can be a tool for good.

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My Need for God: Cultivating a Deep Relationship with Christ

I want to remind you that “good” goals/tasks do not always equate to God’s will. The Bible states, “Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that He has promised” (New Living Translation - Hebrews 10:36). In whatever season of life you are in, make sure you are very close to Jesus and that you are making room in your calendar to hear His voice on a daily basis.

Perfect Like Jesus

‘Be perfect like your Heavenly Father is perfect’ says Jesus in the very last verse of Matthew 5. This is an important hinge in the chapters we call The Sermon on the Mount. Jesus’ kind of perfect was so very different from the ‘perfect’ defined by the world. Jesus not only described it, he modeled it for us.

LifestyleShoba RanjitsinghNovember 27, 2024perfect, WWJD, grace, retaliate, love, pray for enemies, pray, entrust Comments

When Life Gives You Lemons . . .and Strawberries, and Chicken Legs, and Carrots

Just as I want to help my child and see him succeed, God wants the same for you. As much as I love my child, God loves His children more. Motherhood has shown me how much you can love your child and has given me a new understanding for how God loves us, his children.

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When God Provides

‘The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want’ took on new meaning for me. I am amazed at the dots which the Lord connects, just to provide for us. He loves us as if we were the only one on the planet! Look back at your own life and make a list of all the Lord has provided for you. Some of God's miracles are small, let us not forget them. Jehovah Jireh - The Lord will provide.

Loss

The circumstances in our life that we are confronted with on a daily basis has a tendency to define us; but when we daily roll the losses we encounter onto the shoulders of a God who loves us fiercely and intimately, we learn to walk in His strength and not our own.

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Contentment

I suppose there are many of us who, at times in our lives, have questioned whether or not we took the right path. The varying degrees of this thought pattern are multifaceted and can range from “I wish I would have done such and such a thing” to “Where would I be if I had made this choice?” We treat our life as if it’s a cosmic “Choose Your Own Adventure,” forgetting about the variables that surrounded us at that time, variables that most certainly swayed us one way or another.

Self-Help or God's Help

There is an abundance of self-help resources because we live in a fallen world. Yet, as believers, we can know and rely on God for help and share his Word with others who are hurting.

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Find Rest, My Soul

God is not carrying around a big stick to hit or prod us with, to get us ‘back on track’ so that we can be ‘doing everything right’. He is leading us with gentleness.

Asking for Wisdom

When circumstances thin down our security, we need to be reminded that we are hemmed in by God, and our security is found in Him.

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Rest

We can experience true rest when we spend time in God's presence praying or reflecting on his Word. God wants to give us rest; he wants us to have peace in his presence.

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A Time for Every Season (Ecclesiastes 3)

Spring and summer are nearly here, although where I live, the last few days have felt like winter is gone for good. With the change of seasons, it reminds me of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

Theology, LifestyleWhitney OoleyApril 17, 2024Ecclesiastes s3, Corrie ten boom, time for every season, seasons, God, theologyComment