Author: Admin
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What Does It Mean to Glorify God?
Do you ever get stuck on a “but what does it mean?” train of thought? I got on this train while thinking about glorifying God after writing my last post about 1 Corinthians 10:31. The notion of glorifying God sometimes seems vague to me! What does it actually look like in every day to glorify…
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It’s Very Simple, and Very Complicated
I love that God’s Word can handle both the really simple and the really complicated. For example, 1 Corinthians 10:31 says: “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” Eating and drinking are basic necessities of life. Most of us eat and drink daily; many…
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One Mind, One Mission
What makes a group project so hard? Why is planning a family trip that everyone will enjoy so complicated? How is it that even when we’re all together we can still feel alone? People. We’re all so different! Having one mind among many people isn’t an easy thing. In fact, it’s impossible in and of…
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From, Through, For (And what happens when we emphasize one over the others)
Romans 11:36 is one of those verses I come back to over and over again: “For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” The verse is nestled between the first part of Romans, which focuses on who our sovereign God is and what He’s…
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Death, Where Is Your Sting?
Call me morbid, but the first time I heard the famous song, “Live Like You Were Dying,” I thought, “Well . . . we are.” We are all dying, day by day, until we wind up in the grave or Jesus comes back again. The aim of the song, of course, is to encourage people…
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The Worst Thing
To fight fear, my mind usually goes to the greatest extreme. What’s the worst that could happen? I go there mentally and play it all out. For many years, I’d wind up creating contingency plans and embracing unhealthy coping mechanisms for my worrying. The “fear-fighting” would end with me feeling the desperation of everything depending…
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Who Do We Ask for Help?
Sometimes, when I feel particularly overwhelmed by problems of my own and others, I find myself wishing there was more I could do than pray. Prayer just doesn’t feel like enough. But when I recognize who it is that I am asking for help when I pray, I see how much better His help is…
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Love Isn’t a Feeling, But We Feel It
Love isn’t a feeling, but we feel it. Sometimes with a smile, a blush, and a racing heart. Sometimes with a tear as we grieve a loved one’s death. We feel it beyond the milestone moments, mindlessly saying it back to the person we just feel so comfortable with we’ve lost track of the weight…
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Who Has Bewitched You?
“You foolish Galatian!” I say to myself. Who has bewitched me? Don’t I know Jesus died for me? After starting in the spirit am I finishing in the flesh? — Paul’s words in Galatians 3 convict me – and free me. He argues over and over, coming from different angles, how silly it is for…
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2022 Good List
What a year it’s been! As the new year approaches, I’m following Laura Wifler’s lead and sharing a list of some of the good stuff of 2022. Finishing a 2-year chronological Bible plan; Revelation at Christmas time!! He has come, and He is coming again! Book club with my friends Shannon, Miriam, Abigail and Amelia…