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Waiting for Jesus
Read more: Waiting for JesusI wonder what it will be like seeing Jesus for the first time… After all the time spent getting to know someone so deeply who you’ve never seen, never touched, never spoken to directly…all of it will change in a moment and suddenly there’s no more hoping anymore, no more wondering anymore, no more waiting…
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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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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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Singleness and The Sex Conundrum
Read more: Singleness and The Sex ConundrumThere’s a real conundrum in the life of single people in Christianity. A sex conundrum. Yep. A sex conundrum. The church doesn’t like to talk about it. They pretend that people don’t struggle. But singles in the church are struggling. Most singles are experiencing the conundrum of sexual frustration or guilt and inability to be…
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Seasons of Life
Read more: Seasons of LifeLife is full of seasons. Seasons of health. Seasons of sickness. Seasons of pressure. Seasons of ease. Seasons of excitement. Seasons of disappointment. Seasons of joy. Seasons of despair. Seasons of contentment. Seasons of frustration. These seasons, or cycles, of good and bad perpetuate in my life. And I’m starting to see that it’s the…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 11
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 11Continuing in our study of Matthew, we see this week in chapter 11 how Jesus handles confusion from John the Baptist, how He handles unrepentance in this 1st century generation, and how He cares for the broken. Last chapter, Jesus began equipping the disciples with all they needed to begin ministry teaching, preaching, healing and…
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Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 10
Read more: Getting to Know Jesus: Matthew 10Continuing on in our study of Matthew’s gospel, we reach chapter 10 in which Jesus begins equipping His newly found disciples with instructions, warnings and encouragements concerning their ministry from here on out. In chapter 9 we left off with Jesus talking to His disciples about the importance of reaching people with His message who…
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Don’t Be Afraid to Ask
Read more: Don’t Be Afraid to AskLately God has been reminding me of the power of prayer and boldness to believe He can move. To believe that He hears me. To believe that He wants good things for me. To fight for what He is cultivating. To ask. There was a time I used to feel uncomfortable asking God for something.…
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“I trust You, God. But…”
Read more: “I trust You, God. But…”God has been testing me lately in how and why I trust in Him. With opportunities arising that I’ve been excited about and the potential for entering into a new season of stability, it’s ironically been a rocky past couple of weeks. God’s challenging me about all of the things that I’ve always thought would…
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