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Lean on the All-Sufficient One

Lean on the All-Sufficient One

We continued to look at idols which can take root in our lives. We can look to appearance, food, body image, and health to name a few. But one stood out from the rest, almost like the leader of the pack - the idol of self-sufficiency. Society feeds us the lie that we...

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We Need to Let Go

We Need to Let Go

In the Gospels, we find stories of real people facing everyday situations. They react much the way we do which is why these stories so resonate with us, no matter how many times we have read them. For several days, I have had the story of the feeding of the five...

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You Can’t Hinder God

You Can’t Hinder God

"But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land." (Numbers 14:38, NASB) "The decisions and disobedience of others will not cancel God's will for you. Other people's actions will affect you, but no...

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Some

Some

Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Some. First glance at the word prompt and one thought rushing into my head: "You can please some of the people all the time, you can...

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Faultless to Stand

Faultless to Stand {{Let’s Have Coffee}}

Recently the sermon was Jesus' encounter with the adulterous woman. They had caught her in the act. The act of adultery, which was punishable by death. There was no concern for the woman, who remains nameless. They were only attempting to trap Jesus in a theological...

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Are You Busy?

Are You Busy?

"The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness." (Elisabeth Elliot) Those three elements can so easily and quickly become idols in our lives. Idols will have us believe that they can bring...

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