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How To Thrive in 2018
Read more: How To Thrive in 2018Thrive. /thrīv/ v. To flourish. To propser. “To grow vigorously” Merriam Webster’s Dictionary says. Every new year commences on January 1st like a brand-new beginning for all to behold. Dreams loom ahead. Goals lie in waiting. Resolutions and aspirations liven our spirits once again, as we ponder the potential of what’s yet to…
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The Illusion of No Progress
Read more: The Illusion of No Progress“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.”…
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The Peace of Paul: “What has happened… has actually resulted in…”
Read more: The Peace of Paul: “What has happened… has actually resulted in…”“And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, so that you can determine what really matters and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, to the glory and praise of God.” –Philippians 1:9-11 As we dive into the letter to the Philippians,…
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Don’t be Mad at God
Read more: Don’t be Mad at GodLately I’ve felt mad at God. And in feeling guilty about it, I figured I should forgive…because I’m usually of the mindset that if I am mad at someone then I should forgive them. Easier said than done sometimes, I know. But I know it makes me feel better. But then I thought… What the…
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God Loves to Make You Smile!
Read more: God Loves to Make You Smile!Someone needs to hear this today. Please know it…God loves to make you smile! He loves you. A lot. A lot a lot!!! “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.” –Isaiah 42:1 Did you…
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It’s been a Bad Day…So that…
Read more: It’s been a Bad Day…So that…The apostle Paul knew what it was like to have a bad day. Shipwrecked, thrown in prison, flogged, beaten, stoned, in danger from people, in danger from nature, hungry, thirsty, cold, weak… You can read about his perils in 2 Corinthians 11:23-33. Paul learned something about his perils. His most profound statement in all of…
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Finding Meaning in Trials
Read more: Finding Meaning in TrialsThe apostle Paul knew what it was like to experience trials. To have a bad day. Shipwrecked, thrown in prison, flogged, beaten, stoned, in danger from people, in danger from nature, hungry, thirsty, cold, weak… You can read about his perils in 2 Corinthians 11:23-33. Paul learned something about his perils. His most profound statement…
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God is Satisfied in You
Read more: God is Satisfied in YouDo you ever feel like you just can’t live up to the life God has called you to? Do you ever feel like you don’t measure up? Have you ever felt like you’re just not enough? If you’ve ever felt inadequate or incapable… insufficient or invisible… a disappointment or a failure… be encouraged. I want…
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Why Love God?
Read more: Why Love God?Why love God? Why want Him? Is He really worth our devotion? Worth our very lives? In effort to love God, I find that I fail every day. So why even keep trying to love Him? Should I give up and stop trying? Surely not. Should I abandon Him? Surely not. For quite some time,…
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Running Out of Numbing Solution: When Nothing in Life is Enough
Read more: Running Out of Numbing Solution: When Nothing in Life is EnoughThis has really been a tough season for me in so many different ways. I’ve never felt as low as I do right now, but I’ve never reached a greater epiphany than I have the past several days. For the first time in my life, I’m experiencing what this whole theology of God being enough…
Life and God 