Category: Faith
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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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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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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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In No Hurry
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” -Galatians 4:4-5 In the fullness of time, Jesus took the time to grow in Mary’s womb. 9…
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The Christmas Choir You Already Signed Up For
All through the instrumental introduction, I was praying. We’d had a busy day – a busy week, a busy month – and many people were on my heart. Their needs and their joys played through my mind as the musicians on stage wordlessly proclaimed Christ’s glory. Then it was our turn to join in… Join…
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The Secret to Glorifying God
Looking at others around me, I find it easy to assume they’re God-glorifying because of what great people they are. Sometimes I want to ask, “what’s your secret?” I don’t feel like I’m good at glorifying God. I mean to praise the Lord, but I end up assessing what could be better instead. I wish…
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Times I’ve Rediscovered I’m Not God
I’d never outright tell you, or myself, that I’m God. But sometimes I live like I am. Like when… Something I’ve worried about endlessly works out without my intervention. God is sovereign, I am not. I see God change someone’s heart who I thought I’d need to push and pull into growing the way I…
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I Should…
I should really be doing something productive. I should really give her a call back. I should really make that appointment. I should really stop daydreaming. I should really do so very many things, but most of all, I should probably stop dwelling so much on the “I shoulds.” Perhaps you know what I mean,…