Christian living

Held Secure

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   Looking for security? How can you be more secure than being in the hand of God?  For His Word is clear NO ONE can snatch you from His hand.  Did you know that you are included in that no one?  We didn’t climb our way into his hand.  What makes us think that we […]

Encouragement

Who do you live that I am?

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As a Christian, we have a tendency to bombard our selves with the question of “Am I doing the right things?”.  Christ on the other hand has a different way of looking at the same issue.  He asks, “Who do you say and live that I am?”;  A strange question that even grammatically doesn’t sound […]

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The Battle For Dependence – Part 2

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Several of us have experienced the storms of life and we approach it not unlike the disciples in Matthew 8:23-27 (ESV) And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. […]

Encouragement

The Battle For Dependence – Part 1

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I remember attending a well known training years ago where I learned that our maturation process begins at the stage of dependence, then transitions to independence, and finally arrives at interdependence.  I see God’s process as a different paradigm all together. Maturing in Christ begins when we give up our perceived independence, embrace our dependence, […]

Encouragement

Who am I? – Part 2

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Read Who am I? – Part 1 Yesterday I shared that you must determine your identity if you are to understand your purpose.  I spent many days/years wondering if I was really doing what God wanted me to do.  Day after day I’d sit in front of my computer screen thinking about how I’m not […]

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Who am I? – Part 1

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This is a question that plagues most of us at some point during our lifetime.  For Christians it’s even more intense as it is often connected to the question, “Am I doing what God wants me to be doing”.  These questions point us to one word…Identity.  Over time the word identity has come to include […]