Transformation displays evidence of the new life offered to believers. If no one ever sees our beginnings, how will anyone see our transformations?
As believers, we have to remember that every single person we meet has their own story. It’s not our job to shove the Bible down people’s throats. Our job is to show people the love of Jesus. Like the fictional story from earlier, it’s not going be easy trying to explain what God’s presence is like. It’s something a person has to experience for themselves.
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It is in the tension that you become more deeply rooted. You can also learn some new things while you are at it.
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Hear Me when I say it does not matter what your neighbor is doing, what have I called you to do? God’s voice echoes in my core, sounding like the absolute best and holiest version of myself.
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When I mess up or get stuck – whether it’s a poorly handled argument with my husband, a dry season in my faith, an overwhelming financial decision – I just want to shout for help in hopes that someone further along the trail will come back, grab my arm and guide me on. Except when help doesn’t come, I start to believe I must do it all, be it all and figure it all out myself.
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Obedience is flat out hard. From my own life to Nehemiah's story, obedience requires sacrifice and trust in who God is. Every act of obedience shows God our trustworthiness.
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There are many ways to read God’s word. One method of reading is certainly not better than another…but perhaps this method will help someone else realize that reading the Bible doesn’t have to be slow or disjointed. The Bible is one long story of God’s love, and we can use these different ways of understanding to shed new light on an old story.
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I don’t know how she does it. The ultimate “SHE” that seems to be able to do everything. She takes care of her family, works, has a social life, goes to the gym, hosts parties, does bible studies…I am already tired! The “SHE” that seems to have it all together.
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If I wanted God to be made known here - for His presence to take over this place, for Him to use this, fully surrendered to whatever He was going to do here in the lives of each woman who would sit around this table and in my story here - I had to be fully present. That meant I had to be exposed. I had to be positioned in such a way that God could reveal Himself.
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Are you a parent just waiting on nap-time and the perfect amount of quiet before you dive into the word? Are you a college student waiting until no one might interrupt your perfected routine? We’ve all been there. And like Jesus tells us, there’s time to go away and pray alone. But He also tells us to go and tell.
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That goal had to have a purpose, a drive and even a time limit. We have to be working toward something.
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God is working in our conversations and words when we pay attention. Maybe, just maybe, that one moment matters.
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I decided to take a break from leading for the time being. I was ready to sit under someone else’s leadership for a while. I remember trying to find the right fit for my mom-of-a-preschooler schedule. The list dwindled to just a few options.
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Many Christians were stunned by the recent news that former Christian pastor and author of “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” Joshua Harris, had kissed both his faith and marriage goodbye. Ten years ago, I would have been in the same place.
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The culmination of articles over the next three months come from women just like you. Each pulling from their own experiences and life lessons from God though different seasons in their lives.
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If studying Exodus has challenged you to think beyond “God, guns and country,” here are ways you can look for God in every country and in every person.
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Let us not take for granted that Jesus’ death not only opens the gates of Heaven, but also tore the curtain to give us free access to the Spirit of God.
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I thought that whenever God needed me and wherever He called me, that I would surely feel equipped and qualified for the task. I thought His mission for me would be this huge great “thing” that made all the difference for His Kingdom.
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