#EvolutionofaHolyBadAss
New Year’s Eve portends a year of hopeful questions. Old Year’s Night is the last day of an answering year. In every case, the answer is the same. If it didn’t kill you, no matter what it was, you will never fear it again. Old Year’s Nights prepare for New Year’s Days by way of …
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And then, I exhaled. I’m committed to learning to breathe deeply. This is more than a metaphor. I am a shallow breather. According to people who teach meditation, When we breathe in a shallow way, the body remains in a cyclical state of stress—our stress causing shallow breathing and our shallow breathing causing stress. This …
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”Philippians 4:7 NIV Political drama.Toxic air.Social unrest.Grief. It’s been a week. And here’s one other thing….we cannot make it better.We outchere doing one thing…trusting God. That’s our job. I’m going to encourage you to breathe. Soften your …
“But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.”Psalms 59:16-17 NIVIt’s Friday. Exhale. You made it.Thanks …
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”Colossians 3:12 NIV Does the world recognize us children of God? How?The Word says that we should clothe ourselves with “compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”What are we actually wearing?What if we tried one new element a day, …
“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.””Matthew 18:20 NIV Let’s talk about church friends. They’re not just people with whom I fellowship; they are my people. I have a church bestie, in her 90s, about whom I am always concerned, whether we’re sitting across the aisle, or when …
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”1 Timothy 6:12 NIV To Do List: Fight the good fight ( not actual fighting, just give your best effort at faithfulness) by being honest, earnest, …
“Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”Genesis 2:3 NIV Have you been doing too much? That’s the top line of my life. I confessed last night that I am stubborn and impatient. I confirmed it this morning …
“Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.””Matthew 19:26 NIV “With God, all things are possible.”My life has taken so many unimaginable turns in the past few years; I’m through reeling, though. I’m not entirely certain where I’ll been when the spinning settles down. Here …
Morning Devotional “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.”Proverbs 19:17 NIV Just this morning after reading this scripture, I heard that “kindness is a choice.” Your deliberate acts of service are offerings to God. Everything we do, along with the ways we …
“For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”Luke 9:24 ESV Self reliance v. surrender.If we could get by on our own, we wouldn’t need God.You know…just sayin’ Image may be subject to copyright
“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.””Galatians 5:13-14 NIV According to the Word, before any American Declaration of Independence, …
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