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Featured: Summer Bible Studies
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Featured: Summer Bible Studies. Have you ever been part of a small group or Bible study that changed your life? I know I have, and I end up so grateful for God speaking through these engagements and sources. Perhaps you have never been involved in studying the Word or in a small group setting, but you are very interested in adding it to your schedule this summer. Here are my two picks. Courtesy of MargaretFeinberg.com. Margaret Feinberg's The Organic God. Women of Faith's ONE DAY ...
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Come, Lord Jesus [Week One]
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Thursday, December 5, 2013. Come, Lord Jesus [Week One]. By Kristen Leigh Evensen. Advent is the Latin word for "coming.". From now until Christmas, we celebrate Advent, a season full of joyful expectancy for the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Advent is a blessed opportunity for us to wait upon the Lord, as we seek Him in Scripture, in prayer and in reflection. It feels as though every Christmas season goes faster than the year prior, does it not? The next four weeks until Advent ends on Chr...
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Is Evangelism Enough?
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Monday, December 2, 2013. This question might irk some people. What I mean by this question is, do you feel or think that evangelism is the sole goal of Christianity? To make people follow Christ? Yes, God has called us to preach the gospel everywhere we go, but is that the only way Christians are called to influence? We will be making machines of people to go and share Christ, but not to fully live a life devoted to the relationship of God through Jesus Christ. 8221; I guess I didn’t. At least...Matthew...
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Checklist Christianity
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Monday, October 6, 2014. Follow the rules, and be good enough. Christianity often becomes a "how to get to heaven" checklist. Attended church on Sunday. Check Didn't get (too) angry with my co-worker. Check Read my Bible for fifteen minutes and prayed before work. Check and check. Confessed my sins. And we wonder why we're frustrated and exhausted. It take to get into heaven? Jesus, himself, was asked this very question by a young man in Matthew chapter 19. Here's the account:. 8221; And Jesus said,.
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Something Contagious
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Courtesy of Women of Faith]. Have you heard of Women of Faith. In elementary school, I fondly remember reading a devotional book authored by some Women of Faith ladies. More recently, my mom began sending me their email updates, centering around the blog post for that day. I wanted to share today's message on JOY. Click here. And by the way, Margaret Feinberg, the author of the post, is one stellar lady. Check out her website here. Posted by The Identity Project.
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I Am Woman: Full of Peace
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Monday, July 15, 2013. I Am Woman: Full of Peace. She laughs without fear of the future" (Proverbs 31:25). Proverbs 31:10-31 shares with us a painted picture of the many character traits that we, as Godly women, should pray to obtain. Many of these traits have to do with being a wife and a mom. However, much of the passage can be applied prayerfully to any woman’s life, no matter what role we predominately play- wife, sister, co-worker, friend, mother, or daughter. Without fear of the future? What if I n...
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Don't Just Follow Your Dreams
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Friday, May 2, 2014. Don't Just Follow Your Dreams. 8220;I don’t really have any dreams.”. My friend spilled this confession as we tried to piece together future possibilities and life directions one lazy Saturday. I had long been embarrassed that I was in the same place, hiding my cultural heresy of dreamlessness. “I don’t have dreams either! Never does the Bible legitimize any activity on the basis of our degree of passion for it. Never does the Bible tie a Christian’s value in the kingdom to...We have...
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What Is Your Vision?
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Monday, October 13, 2014. What Is Your Vision? Be thou my vision / O Lord of my heart. As I sat pondering a vision that had seemed a long-time formed, yet still a far way's off, this hymn ran its lilting melody through my thoughts. Praise the Lord that he provides reminders of the truth, a renewing of the mind, when the world and its desires tempt us to lose focus of what is true. Here's what I mean by this. There is so much pressure to do something great. Aubrey actually wrote a post on this. They tie u...
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From Harsh Words to Ugly Thoughts, There Is Grace
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Thursday, September 25, 2014. From Harsh Words to Ugly Thoughts, There Is Grace. How can I be a better partner to you? This is one of the things that my husband and I have started asking each other periodically. It opens us up for dialogue, correction, exhortation and encouragement. Recently, I asked Nathan, “How can I be a better wife to you? Do you know what’s really ugly? Sin Sin is really, really. Praise the Lord for his graciousness in revealing my sin to me. Let no corrupting talk come out of your ...
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Don't Starve to Death Outside the Banquet Hall
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Monday, September 22, 2014. Don't Starve to Death Outside the Banquet Hall. The mercy of God is utterly true of him, all the time and in every way. Yet, for the believer who is struck with a clear indication of sin within the heart, the mercy of God can seem the first attribute to fly out the window. How easy it is to forget that the blood of Christ is enough, in fact is final,. To cover over every sin that rears its ugly head within us! Somehow believing that God's compassionate mercy does not extend to...
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