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What is pride?
Pride is not merely thinking too much of oneself, but rather thinking of oneself too much.
In other words, pride is living from a “me” center. Pride has me and my pleasure, satisfac...
Where did we get it wrong?
When were we taught that prayer was a sweet little thing we do when we get too old to do the other "things?"
Maybe it started in 2nd grade Sunday School when we were seat...
As I write this blog post we are in the first week of advent. During the first week of advent we focus on...
HOPE
I found a great definition of hope online:
Hope is an optimistic state of mind that...
This is part 4 of what I've decided now is a 5-part series on learning how to hear the voice of God. As I was preparing to publish this post, I came across this youtube message by pastor Mike Todd. In...
This is the 3rd part of a 4 part series on hearing the voice of God. Prayer is such a marvelous mystery! Just the thought that the God of the Universe invites us into relationship with Him where we ca...
If there were anything I'd love to be able to gift Jesus followers with, it would be the ability to hear God's voice loud and clear. What if we could rise up out of the baptismal waters and suddenly h...
The Bible teaches us that God has plans for our lives, and that one of the privileges of our position in Christ is to release those plans through our prayers. Consider what Jesus said about the will ...
When I was 12 years old, I heard that when we prayed, we were supposed to go into our closet and pray to God who sees us in that secret place. So I got myself a cardboard box, covered it with a piece ...
So in keeping with last week's blog post, God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It, I found myself pondering the promises God's given us in His Word. I was in Largo, Florida visiting with our Pray...
Hmmm, what would my life be like if I really lived this way? Let's break this way of thinking down into its' pieces:
"God said it!"
When I was a child, most parents had this answer when their child...
I pulled this blog post from 2013. Before you read it, I need to tell you what I did before I found this one. I read through several blog posts that were written in 2013, and in reading them I was rem...
"Honor my boundaries, give me space and do not contact me anymore."
Those were the words I read on the text she sent. What do we do when our deconstructing kids dismiss us from their lives? I've neve...
