Category: Faith
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Facing the Big “What If”
I recently had the privilege of sharing a brief devotion with a bunch of teenage girls. Weeks in advance, when I asked the Lord what He might have me say, His answer was clear: “tell them they can pour it all out to me, they can always come to me.” The Lord never gives you…
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God’s Reliability: Updating to 5.0
{This post originally appeared on My Faith Radio} We know all too well the adrenaline rush of a beloved phone fizzling out or breaking. Updates to social media page layouts and software give us pause. We get used to doing things a certain way and using particular tools. It’s normal to feel vulnerable, tired, lost,…
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Just For Me
As the speaker in the video wraps up her lesson, she prays. All of us in the room grow quiet, listening in. The screen grows dark and before anyone launches the discussion questions, a friend speaks up. “Sorry you all had to sit through that,” she grins, “because that was just for me.” I know…
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Overcome Failure Book Review
I’m one of those people who has regularly lived in fear of failure. Are you? I’ve made too many decisions based on what I know I can do, not what I believe I should do. All too often, I shrink back from the ideas that excite me, even when I know the Lord is offering…
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Holding and Held
Thinking of Christ as our anchor, we often picture storms raging. Tossed about in the chaos, we think of clinging to Him. Our hands burn, grasping, struggling, to hold on. But the wonderful truth: as we’re holding, we’re also held. Our anchor is bound inseparably to our soul. Even when we let go, the anchor’s…
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Blame First, Forgive Next
This post is one piece of a great collaborative effort. Head over to Kelly Balarie’s post for encouraging excerpts and links to tons of bloggers’ fantastic testimonies on the Lord’s work in their lives. When I tell my husband about an incident and the way it hurt my heart, he listens. Patient as usual. My…
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What God Has For You Today
It’s a new day. What if it’s a good one? God has a few things for his followers today (and everyday.) They’ll make whatever your schedule holds better. You don’t have to take them or appreciate them, but you can if you’d like. His offer is free and wide open. What’s His offer? Read the…
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Word of the Week: Peace
Ironically, “peace” is a confusing concept Biblically. Without any word study at all we observe that Christ at once claims He did not come to bring peace (Matthew 10:34) and at the same time Christ claims He is our peace (Eph 2:14.) The definition of peace clarifies, citing that peace is: A sense of welfare…
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In Peace We Trust
{The twelfth and final installment in the In ____We Trust Series} Each and every topic in this series has convicted me. They’ve all added up. Here’s what I’m finding as I wrap it up… Every “thing” I trust in besides God, I trust in with one goal in my heart. Obtaining peace. I want the…
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Word of the Week: Still
“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God’” –Psalm 46:10 Busy, busy. Becky just wrote about our false trust in “doing” through busyness. It’s a tough one to accept because our busyness is a habitual coping mechanism. No more. Be still. This word the Lord uses can also be translated “sink” or “relax.”…