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Hopeful Expectation
Is every area of your life filled with sparkling hope? If not it is under a lie. Is there a way to have hope in all situations?
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Surrendering My Agenda
If you have read any of my posts it may not come as a surprise to you that I like to know what’s coming next. I enjoy learning what the future might look like and dreaming of all the possibilities. Once I am focused on what I perceive is next for the future, it’s hard to focus on much else. I just want to get started on my list of things that I assume will be steps to achieve this next thing. This is why I love check lists. I feel so accomplished when I check items of the list. It makes me feel like I am moving forward. I…
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To be known…
O, to be known. Do you remember the show Cheers from the 80’s? The one with the theme song “Where Everybody Knows Your Name”? The idea being that this bar, Cheers, was a place that you could go and be known and know you’re not alone. Isn’t that what we all want? We want to be known and loved. We want to know that people think of us. That they love us. They want to hang out with us. They enjoy our relationship. If you think like me, once we say yes we want to be known, then suddenly, we pull back. Our thoughts become less warm and fuzzy. What…
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Psalm 91
How can we study scripture and apply it to us?
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Gratitude Matters
Is gratitude important? How can I live with gratitude in my life?
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Has God promised you?
Has God promised you or is this a want that you have set expectations around? It's an important distinction. What should I focus on?
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Be careful what you pray for
Remember the time you prayed for God to change you? Maybe you’ve asked Him to show you where you are walking in sin? How about show you areas of your life that you have idols? What happened when God started answering your prayer requests? I’m going to guess that if it’s anything like what He does with me, you suddenly find yourself in a puddle crying often wondering what has happened. It’s painful and hard to see the forrest through the trees. It’s not like God has been mean or accusatory but really it feels more like He has allowed the veil to be moved back a bit so that…
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Is Jesus really enough?
Is Jesus enough? How many of us would raise our hand to say, “Yes, Jesus really is enough for me”, but then in our next breath we behave as though our lives are falling apart because we don’t get that promotion, or our kids disobey, our clothes don’t fit right, our pumpkin spice latte is not on the menu any more, or we realize our foreseeable future is not going to be what we had hoped it might be. All teasing aside, there are times when we are asking God to perform a miracle in an area of our life or in healing a relationship or in providing financially, big…
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Living a recycled life
Do you ever feel like life is hopeless. You have made too many bad decisions that you have ruined your life? That maybe there is no hope for anything other than living a worthless life? God has a lot to say on the subject. Here is a little nugget.
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When rest is a 4-letter word
Do you feel like it is hard to rest? Maybe you wonder if you're alone in always being exhausted. Is this God's plan for us, to always be overwhelmed?
