Tag: Spiritual Growth

  • “God, I’m Tired.”

    Lately I’ve found myself longing for rest. Longing for things to slow down. Needing relaxation. Needing rejuvenation. With a busy schedule and responsibilities beckoning, I just wanted some time to relax. Getting ready to depart for a Christian young adult conference this past weekend called Passion, I was so excited to get away for a…

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  • God’s Way or My Way

    As God refines us and prunes us to be more fruitful as John 15 describes, He often allows us to tread waters we were never meant to tread on our own. He lets us face seemingly overwhelming circumstances as He filters through the motivations of our hearts and tests our genuineness. It is in this…

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  • The Secret Place

    The Secret Place

    There’s a place where the Lord longs to fellowship with us. A place where we can escape every other thing vying for our attention. A place where our circumstances fade in the peace of His comfort. A place where my flesh is rendered powerless.  A place where the enemy cannot reach me. The place where the…

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  • A Tainted Love and The Sandwich of Trust

    The farther I traverse this life with my Savior, I find that He is so complex. So unfathomable. So brilliant. So indescribable. And yet as I get to know Him more and more, I become increasingly aware of how sinful I truly am. Though I desire to know Jesus and pursue Christlikeness, I struggle with…

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  • When God Doesn’t Give You What You Ask For

    Sometimes I wonder why God remains silent. Why He doesn’t answer us when we expect Him to. Why He doesn’t give me what I ask for. There are times when I feel like God remains seemingly inactive in my life. In these moments when I find my circumstances overwhelming and less than favorable, I know…

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