Christian living

The Steps I wouldn’t have taken

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My days always begin with a plan.  That’s part of intentional living, but st the end of the day,  9 times out of 10 it’s been ordered differently than I expected.  My life as a whole has been a series of steps I wouldn’t have taken.  I wouldn’t have quit my 6 figure income.  I […]

Endurance

What To Do In Fires And Floods

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Yesterday, it seemed that my back was getting better.  My heart and mind were in a positive place and then in one wrong twist and  everything changed. The pain increased ten-fold, now flooded both sides of my back and making even breathing a challenge.  Let’s face it, there are days where you feel like life […]

Anxiety

Who Are We Praying To?

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Our LORD is great and greatly to be praised! His voice is powerful. From creation, through the flood, and present day, He is King over all.  Our minds can hardly wrap around this truth.  Nothing is impossible with Him.  From the microscopic to the monterous; all the universe; He holds it all together. This is […]

Anxiety

How To Conquer Anxiety

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When anxiety makes a bid for our souls and its grip tightens, it is clear that our eyes have wandered from the source of our help. For if our eyes were rightly on the LORD, we would have been found delighting in His consolations.  We need not fret or worry, we simply need to return […]

Christian living

All Of Creation Speaks

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   Since I was a child, I have wanted to go into space, hoping to probe the edges of the universe.  Finding out in the 5th grade I needed glasses was a severe blow to my dreams.  I decided instead if I couldn’t go up I would plunge the depths of the ocean; only later […]

Christian living

There Is No Other

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   These are pretty exclusive words.  “There is no other”. We live in a world that longs after inclusion rather than truth.  We would rather have a false sense of peace than solid fact if it means conflict.  God perfectly loves peace and truth but does not compromise either for the sake of temporary peace. […]

Christian living

Sovereignty In The Midst Of Deceit

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Where is this truth more evident in scripture than in the lives of the disciples and Jesus? Peter is rebuked when he was in opposition after Jesus told them He must be crucified.  It was a harsh and necessary rebuke: But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling […]