Tag: Jesus
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In Avoidance We Trust
{The eighth installment in the In ____We Trust Series} Honored to welcome writer Elizabeth Giertz to the blog. A veteran turned army wife, Liz is a strong and courageous proclaimer of the Lord’s goodness and truth. This post was originally featured on Liz’s blog and is shared in this series with her permission. Please join me…
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Book Review: Unashamed by Heather Davis Nelson
“Fear sets in, and you relationally freeze up, locked in shame. What now? You need to be rescued. How about a perfect love that drives out fear (1 John 4:18)?” –pg52 Many of us are familiar with social fears, along with fear of failure, rejection, and unworthiness. We often read about relationship challenges and there…
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Word of the Week: Will
Free will. My will. His will. I will do that. When will…? I’m not sure we often get through a day without using the word. At the same time, I wonder if we view it well? Perhaps its most famous context is this: “Not my will, but yours be done.” –Luke 22:42 As Lois shared…
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In Lists We Trust
{The sixth installment in the In ____We Trust Series} Glad to welcome Dana from Living in My Freedom to the blog today. She says: “I am a mother of four teenagers and married to an incredible man for 19 years. Life up to this point has been an adventure with so many stories to tell….
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Word of the Week: Daily Bread
“Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.” –Proverbs 30:8 Literally, the end of this verse reads something like” feed me with staple food conveniently.” That last part about “convenience” is descriptive of a daily allotment. In essence, this Proverb says “every day,…
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In Control We Trust
{The fifth installment in the In ____We Trust Series} If I were in charge everything would be okay. People would do I want them to do, and since I generally care about some people, some people would be better off for it. I would have everything I think I need, really hard stuff wouldn’t happen,…
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But I’ll Pray About It
Posted on Our Daily Bread Devotional! What an honor! Read more HERE.
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In {Google} We Trust
{The second installment in the In ____We Trust Series} I like to stop by Christ on my way to Google. I wave hello, say “thanks” or “please.” Even “so glad you’re still here, I love you and trust you!” and then get along on my merry way to wherever I’m ultimately headed. It’s often to…
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In ____ We Trust {Series}
As we detail our troubles, we intend for our hearts to trust. But we overshare our hopes while downplaying our fears. We try to back up our feelings of trust- a form of faith- with evidence and proof that it’s working. That things will get better “if.” Our trust is half-hearted. So our hearts only…
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WordoftheWeek: Knowledge
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. –2 Peter 1:3 Said differently: It is through our knowledge of Him that He has given us all we need for a godly life. 2 thoughts on the matter: This…