Category: Spiritual Discipline
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What is an idol?
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. […]
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The Pruning
We had one of the biggest Bradford Pear trees you have ever seen in our front yard. My husband used to prune it every year so that the wind could blow through without breaking the tree. But my husband just crossed his 72 birthday celebration off the list. I am no longer comfortable with him […]
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A Change in Attitude
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.” […]
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Accountability in Relationship
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 NIV There was a time when I worked in an abusive workplace environment. Two of my coworkers had personal issues that they made public by […]
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Every Tough Season Has A Purpose
“So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new […]
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Faithful in Joy or Sorrow
“Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” Psalms 126:5-6 NIV I’ve been battling stick-tight weeds in a flowerbed I neglected through two summers when I was dealing with life’s hard things. But […]
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A Sense of Peace and A Slower Pace
He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. Psalm 23:2 (NLT) Yes, this is a familiar Psalm. When I was a child, it often hung on the walls of nurseries, the walls of Sunday school rooms and other places where children could be found. Thinking back brings a sense of […]
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Are You Tired? Ready To Lighten The Load?
Discipline, it’s not one of those magnetic words that the minute we hear it sticks, and we are determined to have it. Yet, I believe this is the word that God has asked me to focus on in 2019. Unlike the first thoughts I had, I’ve come to understand it’s not a word that has […]