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God’s Purpose in Disappointment
Read more: God’s Purpose in Disappointment“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.” –Psalm 42:5-6a It’s easy to feel defeated in the midst of life’s disappointments. To feel broken. Confused. Hopeless. Sad. Empty. But with the help of…
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Loving Jesus for Jesus: Dwelling With the Lord in Love Strengthens You
Read more: Loving Jesus for Jesus: Dwelling With the Lord in Love Strengthens YouLove beckons a lover to come and dwell. To come and sit. To come and rest. To come and be. Did you know that Jesus Himself beckons you? That’s right. The King of the world… The Maker of the stars… The Artist of the heavens… Jesus. God incarnate. Jesus. He beckons you! Jesus beckons…
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Loving Jesus for Jesus
Read more: Loving Jesus for JesusLove beckons a lover to come and dwell. To come and sit. To come and rest. To come and be. Did you know that Jesus Himself beckons you? That’s right. The King of the world… The Maker of the stars… The Artist of the heavens… Jesus. God incarnate. Jesus. He beckons you! Jesus beckons you…
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things break every day
Read more: things break every daythere’s a story I heard it’s hard to remember her mind is losing it misery infusing it bruising it confusing it with what she thinks is real and the rose grows against the gray things break every day There’s something you love. God’s gonna let…
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Lavish Your Love on Jesus: John 12:3-7
Read more: Lavish Your Love on Jesus: John 12:3-7What a loaded passage. The passage of Mary and Jesus. Her wiping His feet. Anointing Him. Dirtying her hair. Loving the one most precious to her. In the face of ridiculers. In the face of those who didn’t think Jesus was worth that. To humiliate oneself for another was not acceptable. But Mary didn’t care.…
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Halloween, Love, and Strip Clubs
Read more: Halloween, Love, and Strip ClubsPeople want love. And nightlife offers it. Or so we think. There’s an enchantment to nightlife. Glimmer. Attraction. Allure. It can pull you in like a magnet. And grab you before you realize you’re taken. Halloween landed this weekend so me, my roommate and friends went out. Strolling through uptown with cars barely inching their…
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When I Can’t Find A Reason for God to Love Me
Read more: When I Can’t Find A Reason for God to Love MeGod’s love has never seemed fully unconditional to me. Before, I used to try to find reasons for God loving me. Before, there would always be something that I had done that I thought was good, simmering in the back of my mind to validate God’s reason to want to love me. And in the…
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The Problem with Shows like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette
Read more: The Problem with Shows like The Bachelor and The BacheloretteIn my teens, I admit I watched The Bachelor and The Bachelorette religiously. It was normal and popular and attention-grabbing. All my friends watched the show. All the magazines were talking about it. What could it hurt? I used to be confused when my dad would get mad at me for watching it, asking that…