Tag: Faith
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The Fear of God
In my journey through the Old Testament, even the parts that might feel less exciting or harder to understand, I found myself at the book of Job. I really enjoyed the book of Job and thought I fully understood it already. To my surprise I discovered a new lesson, a truth that we all can…
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The Right First Response (Lessons from the OT 1)
The Old Testament is filled with fascinating stories that offer valuable lessons for our lives. In the upcoming devotions, I’ll be highlighting some of these lessons. It’s crucial to learn from the past to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future. While you could learn the hard way, why go through all that trouble…
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Finding in God What we Need: Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Today at the end of the day I felt myself in desperate need of some time with the Lord. So many thoughts and feelings, anxieties, and the heaviness of life had been bombarding me. I guess I get mad at myself sometimes or disappointed in myself because I am affected by the heaviness of life.…
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Do you Hear Him? Are you listening?
Stories, books, movies, TV shows, music, so much noise. Every day it seems that every moment we are bombarded with distractions and noise. Sometimes we choose the noise and even enjoy it. It’s more familiar than the quiet. Recently, I went on the Walk to Emmaus retreat as an Angel serving. When you go on…
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Live Like Jesus… (Know when to Rest)
Previously I spent time writing about what it meant to be like Jesus. After all we’re called Christians which means Christ like, so what does Christlike mean? What was Jesus really like? I investigated several aspects of Jesus life: How he was an example of studying and knowing the word of God, how he used the…
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Keep the Fire Burning! (Dive Deeper)
Having gone to churches all of my life, some lessons or messages just become less impactful over time. Regrettably familiarity, I would argue, not only at times can breed contempt but it can also cause indifference. We start taking for granted these messages, even amazing messages, and find the impact of them has become dulled.…
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Just as I am
I have sang that song for years, after all it is a great hymn. Yet, I never fully appreciated the heart or the message behind the song in my early years. Why would I need to come just as I am? Honestly, I didn’t think that I was that bad. Sure, I read, and I…
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The Hands and Feet of Jesus
I’ve never been a person who has wanted to need anything from anyone. I know that sounds like wisdom in some respects because it is good to be independent and try to take care of your own problems, right? Yet I’m coming to realize that there’s a negative side effect to this kind of self-reliance…
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Live Like Jesus Part 2
Recently, I wrote about how Christ modeled the life of study for us that we can follow. We should take in God’s word and actively use it as Christ did. I want to dig in deeper to the idea of being like Jesus and what that means. Let’s look at another way that Christ has…
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Real Love
The other day I was singing a song to my children. The song is called “Love is.” In this song, love is compared to other things such as a soft summer rain, a smile and a kiss. Then it says something I never truly heard before, though I had sang the song a million times.…
