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You Are Resilient
There are pains in life that get us in a headspace of wanting to be put out of that current misery… But we can wait in it while we do our portion of the work it might take to walk in healing even as we hurt. While we, momentarily, might be in an exhausted mental state or have a temporary injured emotional state of being, our spirit is able to be resilient! Unpleasant things can make us flexible! Google says Resiliency is withstanding difficulties. It is recovering from hard conditions quickly. It’s having a “recoil” ability to spring back into shape after bending or being compressed. It is returning to…
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Part of The Good News
If you think you can never get free, you have not heard what I’ve heard. It’s a big part of The Good News: Freedom is available!! Whatever misery it is that you’ve come up against, you can find peace and freedom to take you through it. We don’t always just get over things. We usually have to go through them. There will be a period of time where “it’s” all you can think about. It’s suppose to be a time of grief and feeling the losses that come with life. They happen to us all. But then there should be a healthy shift of processing the thoughts, feelings, emotions, through…
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Feeling Unready
What do you do when you don’t feel ready for what God is doing in your life? What if we do not have answers to give people for what’s happening? 1 Peter 3:15 says to be ready for giving an answer for the hope you have. It does not indicate we are to have answers for everything and everyone- Just for the hope we have! That should rest your mind and heart today, knowing you are responsible for hoping IN the situation you’re in. Maybe you are usually the person with a great plan, all of the solutions, details in order, never ill-prepared. But maybe you are not the person…
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Remarkable Things
… Worthy of attention; striking, likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary. Rare and outstanding. Unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning. Exceptional, interesting, or excellent. Remarkable things get our attention. What God does is remarkable. Near the end of 2022, I had no idea all of this word’s meaning when I first felt impressed to claim it as the theme for 2023! Just sitting in our airstream camper for an entire day catching up with Him and life and all the things. Actually, I’d resolved in keeping our Christmas theme “simple and sentimental” the whole year. But there were other plans. Now I know…
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The Overcomer of Discouragement
We have an overcomer at our side. The Lord, He succeeds in dealing with or gaining control of some problem or difficulty. He’s a Voice and Advocate for us in extreme moments that last longer than we anticipated or when we have lost our footing for a minute and just need the security of His presence. Nine years ago, Mandisa came out with a song: “Overcomer.” I was driving on a road that had a lot of hills and I was thinking through our lives of ups and downs as I saw my three handsome and active boys in the back seat. I started singing this song to the top…
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Firmly Standing
Did you get knocked down a bunch of times like I did before finally finding a way to stand stronger? The red words in our bibles say this: “…the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” When we are saved or rescued, we’re kept in health and well being! We are given the chance to recover. That is what Jesus does for us. By firmly standing, He modeled what it is to not stop during most difficult seasons. A firm stand is this… Resilient- Fixed- Decided- Settled- Definitely Established- Not uncertain. Having the opposite of a firm stand is this… Compromising- Fickle- Fluctuating- Hesitating- Undecided- Unhealthy. We…
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The Hope Rope
We recently traveled to another church to do a revival weekend. Me and Derek thought about the congregation as we drove. We felt a freshness in our spirit for the people there that we had not met yet. As I prayed for them in the weeks prior to leaving our own city, I felt some specific things come to the surface. Maybe, as you read the topic today, you will be connected to its message and grab tighter to this strong rope as I elaborate a little from that initial, brief statement of truth and courage! For Tragedy and Loss. And challenges. There is a Rope of Hope for you.…
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Made by… God
Labels and tags identify, tell information, purpose, and meaning. Though we don’t have a little paper tag on us that reads: MADE IN THE USA, we’ve got something way better… qualities that can be read: MADE BY GOD. We are “fearfully and wonderfully made” by our Creator. No manufacturing company could produce the incredible variety that He has made! There are millions of products out there but there is only one you. When you think about how amazing this really is, are you challenged to walk the path of integrity and seek the “non-paper tag” Designer? Some people don’t want to do this because they’re scared to represent God. But…
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STABILIZER
When we are jittery, flighty, anxious, unaware- You remain steadfast. God, You are the same. We run to You. Suspended in Your shock absorbing Presence…. Sometimes we have to stop momentarily and refrain from concluding and determining. Because these two things can get us temporarily trusting in ourselves. I promise you this…you don’t have anything as loyal as Him! You’re not going to find anybody more honest and wonderful as He is! What are you waiting for? Get Him in your life- involved in your life choices. Place everything in His hands. What are you thinking can take His place? There is nothing! He wants you. He wants you to…
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Energizing the Ordinary
LEARN TO ENERGIZE THE ORDINARY by being creatively noncompliant with ego. We let go of our ego to see the worth and importance of other people and what they have to offer. That means we resist going along with the crowd or what is popular. The ulterior? Yes it creeps in sometimes. Ulterior is “existing beyond what is obvious or admitted; intentionally hidden.” Ulterior motives can often: 1. Translate messages. 2. Take things out of context. 3. Miss the point. 4. Deflate energy. Self-importance translates selfish. This is where no one else leaves feeling significant. But when we know our value, we can circulate value: God-importance translates significance. This is where someone else is…