Category: To be a Christian
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When God Says Hush
Surrendering the tongue to the good intent and careful nature of the Holy Spirit not only safe guards those around you but also brings a new intimacy with God. In the process of zipping our lips, our heart slowly begins to look more like God’s. “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,…
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He Said Nothing
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” -Job 13:15 “Be still and know that I am God.“ – Psalm 46:10 Have you ever been through something you never thought you could get through? Maybe you are going through a time like that now? Now i’m not referring to the anger you feel…
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Head over Heels
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” -Matthew 6:21 “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.“ -Revelation 2:4 What a thing it is to fall in love.. but why is it that they call it “falling” in love? I personally believe it’s…
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Jesus is the Balance
We find ourselves endlessly searching for the balance, forgetting that stability is only found in Him. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” -Mattheww 6:33 I’m one of the least coordinated humans on the face of this earth we’re living on. To prove…
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The Situation of Sin
[1/2 series] Sin is born a time after its conception. To win over sin, we have to stop waiting to kill off sin in it’s fully developed state and start nipping it in the bud of its creation. “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil…
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The You of Today; The You of Tomorrow
Impatience and feelings of inadequacy are a terrible mixture for success. “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” –Matthew 6:34 Let’s be real, waiting is super hard. Waiting on anything; It’s hard to endure the moments of…
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Not this Lord
Obedience looks like buying a house that only God has the keys to. “Trust in the lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.” – Proverbs 3:5 My class of twenty-three 4-5 year olds bicker like crazy. Before kids you would never think someone could actually cry for twenty minutes over spilled…
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Get out of Your Head & Into the Word
Feelings change, people change, we change, but the word of God never changes. “Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in Heaven.”- Psalm 119:89 I made a phone call to a friend one morning, seeking advice. I told them how yesterday I felt strong and confident but that morning I felt like I was failing….
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Feed Your Spirit
If you want to be full, start starving. “Blessed are thye which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” – Matthew 5:6 There’s two kinds of people, people that can’t finish a plate of food and people that follow up their meal with “are you gonna’ finish that?” Unfortunately I fall…
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Hard to Offend
You can’t move on if you’re still holding onto offense. “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteosuness of God.” – James 1:19-20 Woe is me and my over-analytical brain, working like a dog; 168 hours…