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Learning to listen without striving “After the fire came a gentle whisper.”1 Kings 19:12 There are seasons when God feels loud and near. And then there are seasons when He feels quiet. Not distant. Just quiet. In those moments, it is easy to wonder if we are doing something wrong. If we missed Him. If…
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Sometimes I ask the question quietly,sometimes I ask it out loud. Is it You, Lord?How do I know? I can get caught up in my feelings and emotions so easily. I know what I think is right, but am I actually hearing from God, or am I just hearing myself? I ask Him for a…
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A few years ago, when my daughter was ten, she said something that caught me off guard. She told me it felt like God was demanding. Almost egotistical. Why would God want our praise and worship so badly? In the moment, the only thing I could think to say was that He is God Almighty,…
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Some days I find myself asking a question I do not always want the answer to. Do I trust God,or do I trust God to do what I asked? As a mom, it is easy to blur the line. We pray for our kids, our marriages, our energy, our finances, our healing. We pray for…
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The gospel does not just save us from sin; it moves us from slavery to sonship and invites us to live from a new identity in Christ. If Christ has already set us free, why do so many of us still live as though we are bound? We all want freedom. But what is freedom,…
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What is hope? I believe it is essential to living a life of meaning and purpose. Without it, we slowly give up. We surrender, convinced that we or our situation are too far gone. When hope fades, despair quietly moves in. The first time I listened to the song Desperate by Jamie MacDonald, one line…
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Abiding to Thrive I was lying in bed when the Lord showed me a picture. He asked me to remember the last time I felt truly close to Him. A moment I could not deny His presence. Maybe it was during worship when tears streamed down my face, or in a quiet moment when joy…
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