I am Listening
All too often, we do the same with God. Our prayer life is more of a monologue than a conversation. We pour out our requests and petitions yet forget to stop and listen to what God wants to tell us.
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2024
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Sometimes It Takes Affliction
When do we think, “Good to me” when we suffer? Affliction is not pleasant. It hurts, it goes against the grain, and it runs contrary to the philosophy of health, wealth, and happiness. That’s where our thoughts, our understanding, and sometimes our will struggle. Because, while God is focusing on eternity, we’re still stuck on the here and now.
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When I Feel Less Than
Simon Peter understood that I-feel-like-a-failure sentiment – as a fisherman, but mostly as a disciple. Though he’d professed he would follow Jesus, even unto death, he didn’t keep his word. Not only did he deny Christ, but he did so three times! Yet Jesus sought him out and gently drew him back to Himself. God never stopped loving Peter. That would directly oppose His character. He never stops loving us, even when we feel like we’ve failed. His love does not depend on our merit but on His grace.
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He Will Carry You
You are never too old or too big for God to carry you. He is a personal God, your Abba, your gentle Father. He sees your frailty, your need, your infirmity. Instead of sending someone to tend to your needs, He gives you Himself. From the time you surrender your life to Christ to the day you reach the Promised Land, God will carry you as a loving father carries the child he loves. Gently, tenderly, lovingly.
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Restored
Restoration is not an easy process. It requires time. It is often painful. It involves surrender and submission. We have to be willing. To be honest, I’d grown comfortable with the old. But ‘comfortable’ can be a dangerous place to be. God wants more for my life than ‘comfortable.’ He wants to stretch me, refine me, restore me, so I can be useful.
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When God Makes Me…
Guest Post by Author C.A. Simonson “He makes me to lie down in green pastures, and he leads me beside still waters.” Psalm 23:2 Feeling buried beneath responsibilities, I wanted
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Perfect Peace
When we are preoccupied with our problems, our difficulties, our challenges and our tomorrows, then anxious thoughts seep in and gradually influence our perspective. The only way to guard against worry is to discipline our minds by focusing on our center, God Himself, the One who holds all our tomorrows.
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MOMENTS OF BLESSINGS
Don’t let the little things go unnoticed. Fill your mind with gratitude. As Robert Brault advised, “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
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Discernment
Wisdom and discernment; we need them both. We may gain knowledge through books, seminars, counselors. But discernment isn’t found in any book written by man. It is acquired in God’s classroom. The One who created us knows our minds and thoughts so only He can fully open our minds and enlighten us to respond appropriately.
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Praise Him at All Times
Praise is much more than a feeling or an activity. Praise is a lifestyle.
