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A Sacrificial Life
We have a perfect example of others-focused self-sacrificial love in the person of Jesus. If your instinct is to climb your way to fulfillment in life, then check this out. Jesus didn’t climb his way to success, descended to success. If you want to follow Jesus, that’s your path too. Paul taught the Philippian church…
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The Church
Today we are going to join the disciples and other followers of Jesus in their moment of limbo. They were with Jesus for 3 years during his earthly ministry, they watched him crucified but then they saw him after his resurrection. Jesus was with them for 40 days after the resurrection, and then he left…
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The Receptive Heart
How are you and God? When’s the last time you asked that question? And how do you even begin to answer it? If we’re honest with ourselves, sometimes we are all over the place with our spiritual life, aren’t we? Why is there such a variation in how we ourselves feel about our spiritual health…
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Now, What Do I Do With the Cross?
Imagine yourself on a path. That path is the collection of the choices you are making right now about what is important in life, what is the priority in how to spend your time, your energy, your thoughts, your desires, your essence. Not how do you want to spend all that. But how are you…
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In All Circumstances
When we think of God’s will, sometimes we think about asking God to clearly tell us what decision to make about my careers, relationships, major purchases. It’s not that God doesn’t care about these major life decisions, but He cares more about the heart than he does the decisions of the heart. Do you want…
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Faith Life
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul taught that God brought them from spiritual death to spiritual life, to be set free from the influences that used to enslave them and to live the kind of life he has designed us for. We can live the kind of life he made us for when we…
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Be Empowered
What’s the condition of your spirit today? Are you experiencing a life full of abundance, adventure and fullness of God’s presence? If you would say that your spiritual life is boring, that you don’t really feel close to God, that you go long periods of time without having a conversation with God, that you find…
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Don’t Lose Heart
It is a good thing to take time every now and then to evaluate what has come before and what is coming head. God gave us days, months, seasons, and years to build a rhythm into our lives. Many use this time to make New Years resolutions. But what would it look like to focus…
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A Psalm for Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is not an attitude for one time a year but a consistent mindset for life. The celebration of thanksgiving is not a new thing nor is it an American thing. No this goes back to ancient times in Hebrew culture, in fact, Thanksgiving feasts are God’s idea. If you look back in Leviticus you…
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Growing Up Together
Would you say you are living a fulfilled life? What does that even look like? Is maturity just growing old? Or is there a target to our growing up? What is the aim of your life? If you spent the rest of your life doing what you are doing on a weekly basis, will you…