Defeat. It may be part of everyone’s story from time to time, but it doesn’t ever feel like PART of the story — it feels like the END of the story. How can a story about a headless and handless idol tell us otherwise?
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There is always going to be more that I can do. If I feel that I can do it, does that automatically mean that I should? How do I draw the line so that I don’t burn out, waste my time or feel that niggling guilt brought on by not being able to do everything?
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Our busiest times can make it difficult to keep priorities straight. Often we think this is problem reserved for modernity, but we see this trap even in the times of the Old Testament! When did this happen and what was the result?
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There are so many times and so many reasons we may feel completely insufficient for what lies ahead of us. Is God worried about our insufficiency? Is He frustrated with us over our inabilities? Or is it His opportunity to get glory through our weaknesses?
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We trust the Lord by having faith in His character. Explore with me this important element of who God is and let it fill you with trust!
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We hear wonderful ideas and great wisdom for improving our lives. But the truth is, most of that sounds good, but is never realized in our lives. How can we TURN THAT AROUND?
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I am thrilled to be bringing you this very important video teaching series, “Fighting Fire with Fire.” I hope you enjoy it and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you through it.
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Are we trying to box up God? Trying to keep Him in a nice, neat corner of life? That is not how we’re intended to live! Where does God belong?
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How much “religious activity” have we added to what God wants from us? Afflicting ourselves, if it is to try to gain God’s favor, reflects a perception of God that denies much more prominent aspects of His heart and character!
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God’s reaction to my failure often surprises me. He doesn’t react like humans do. As soon as repentance takes place, He is ready to move forward with me! There is no protracted guilt trip or silent treatment. He forgives and moves forward.
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Are we hungry enough? When we begin to feel hunger pangs in our heart, is it our cue to look for anything to alleviate the hunger or is it our cue to stir ourselves into an even deeper hunger that insists on true spiritual food?
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So you’ve said your prayers. Now what? What comes between prayer and the answer? The Psalmist shows us in a beautiful way!
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I think we all want to be joyful, don’t we? But so much of life feels like a struggle. What is the pathway to the place of celebration and singing?
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We don’t get to see the end of our story, let alone the very next page. Seeing someone else’s story from hindsight can give us hope to continue!
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Healthy vibrancy is the result of pruning! How willing are we to allow ourselves to be pruned by God’s Word?
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We are told we are temples of the Holy Spirit. But what kind of a temple? And for what purpose?
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Should we try to know God through reason? Absolutely!! Jesus said we should love God with all our minds. And yet, reason alone is not enough. You are more than a mind; you are a spiritual being and your spirit needs to experience God too.
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I am so grateful for all the freedoms we have in Christ! And yet, how willing are we to suspend taking advantage of those freedoms in order to make sure our fellow believers are not tripped up by our freedoms? We are within our rights to worship, eat, dress, speak and do many other things as we wish that don’t transgress any law. But when we exercise those freedoms at the expense of another’s conscience, we break the Law of Love, the Law of loving our neighbor as ourselves. How might we show the love of Christ by temporarily suspending our rights?
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