#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 …
Morning Devotional “After they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking God’s word with confidence.”Acts of the Apostles 4:31 CEB Faith in three steps:Ask- the prayed for an infilling of the Holy Spirit and it was granted.Divine Confirmation-God shows up unmistakably, in …
Morning Devotional “Jesus replied, “It isn’t for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the …
“So how can they call on someone they don’t have faith in? And how can they have faith in someone they haven’t heard of? And how can they hear without a preacher? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the …
Image may be subject to copyright “People are trapped by their fear of others; those who trust the LORD are secure.”Proverbs 29:25 CEB Those who trust in God are secure. This isn’t fingers crossed, blind optimism. Biblical trust is an active, ongoing commitment. We’re human, and we’re going to get it wrong. Nevertheless, trust is …
“I say be guided by the Spirit and you won’t carry out your selfish desires. A person’s selfish desires are set against the Spirit, and the Spirit is set against one’s selfish desires. They are opposed to each other, so you shouldn’t do whatever you want to do.”Galatians 5:16-17 CEB “you shouldn’t do whatever you …
“You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed. It’s not something you did that you can be proud of.”Ephesians 2:8-9 CEB We are saved by Grace, and nothing else. It’s nothing we own, or accomplished. That’s what makes it so compelling; we didn’t …
“Instead, regard Christ the Lord as holy in your hearts. Whenever anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready to defend it.”1 Peter 3:15 CEB This guidance is so simple as to be disregarded. “Whenever anyone asks you to speak of your hope, be ready to defend it.” That’s it? Remember, the God …
“But God shows his love for us, because while we were still sinners Christ died for us.”Romans 5:8 CEB God loved us before…Before we knew ourselves.Before we knew God.Relentless.Unwavering.Eternal.Thanks be to God. Image from the web may be subject to copyright
“God is indeed my salvation; I will trust and won’t be afraid. Yah, the LORD, is my strength and my shield; he has become my salvation.””Isaiah 12:2 CEB I am in awe, and I trust God. What else could I possibly need?? Thanks be to God. Image from the web may be subject to copyright
“Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” Trust, and be not afraid. Easy to say, hard to live, but God.Start here, and you’re good.Thanks be to God. Artwork courtesy of Etsy may be subject …
Chelle A Wilson 
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