What grieves the heart of God? Am I causing Him to grieve? Oh, I would never want to cause Him grief. How can I know if I am…
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The struggle is real! We wear so many hats these days and try so hard to accomplish more that anyone could. We place impossible expectations on ourselves and consistently feel as if we have failed. We cannot imagine that God could ever be pleased with us. It is a struggle. We want to rest in the truth of His word, but this negative self-talk swirls and swirls inside of our head. Who does God wants us to be…
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We can justify it, explain it, and make excuses for it. We can find someone to affirm our decisions and make us feel good about what we are doing. We can give power to our thoughts, our feelings and our opinions, believing we know best. But… God knows the condition of our heart. We can fool many, but we will never fool Him…
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God is asking us to surrender, to give up our ways, our plans and our opinions and to replace them with His ways, His plans and His truth. Why? Because God’s word tell us that “He has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind”. So, does that mean that we should feel empowered and smart and use our intelligence to…
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This world we live in can dish up some pretty hard days for us. We experience loss of loved ones, belongings, and relationships. We endure harsh words spoken about us, unfair judgments, and false accusations. Bad things happen, people let us down and life can sometimes seem completely unfair. When we are caught up in despair…
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We are clingers. We love to hold onto what we should have released long ago. We recite hurtful words, relive painful experiences, express fearful concerns, and in a nanosecond, yield an opinion that is based purely on assumption. We cling. We hold on tight. Yet, we do our best to convince those around us and even ourselves that we, as Christ followers, are surrendered…
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My new favorite song repeats the words “Who the Son sets free shall be free indeed.” Free, indeed! Can you pause for just 60 seconds and ask yourself, “Have I been set free or am I still in bondage?” We are comfortable in bondage; it feels normal. Even though freedom is ours, we carry our chains, we stand in our cell…
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I sat in a circle with women I barely knew. We had walked different paths and had different life circumstances. We had all made mistakes in our lives, but theirs had led them to this place. I would get up and walk out, but they would remain here in this place until their sentence had been served.
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