Tag: jesus
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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.…
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Keep Looking
I couldn’t see the birds. For a few years now I’ve had a lovely comforter. I picked it out because I thought it was very beautiful. It is a bit busy though because it’s covered with flowers and foliage. After over five years of owning this comforter, I looked down this morning and was surprised…
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Not My Will, But Yours Lord
Not my will but yours Lord. This phrase uttered by Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane holds great wisdom and great meaning for us as believers. There is a lesson to be learned here. Christ said these words regarding a very troubling future he knew was coming. His horrific death, the pain, and the suffering…
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You Are Worth it!
I’ve not been a person who indulges in emotion or lets it overwhelm the majority of my life. I like to keep it in check and stay in control. After all, I was taught to suppress, suppress suppress, right? Recently I found myself standing in an audience pretty much with free-flowing tears running down my…
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Stressed
Stressed. That’s actually how I was feeling, quite stressed. What does stress really mean? According to the Oxford dictionary it is experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension. This feeling leads me to pass judgement on myself unfairly I might add. Perhaps you have been here too and had the same thoughts about your life or…
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Mercy
One attribute shown to us by God is mercy. We sing about it, read scriptures about it, and hear sermons about it. But do we really understand what mercy is? According to the Oxford language dictionary mercy is compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm. Prior…
Devotions For Real Life 