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Shut the Door, Please
“When you pray, go into a room alone and shut the door. Pray to your Father in private. He knows what is done in private, and he will reward you.” Matthew 6:6, CEV “We are to be shut out from men, and...
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Making Pain Work for You
Then they went back to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch in Pisidia. 22They encouraged the followers and begged them to remain faithful. They told them, “We have to suffer a lot before we can get into God’s...
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Quotes on Being a Disciple
Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. —Dietrich Bonhoeffer Take the words of Jesus and let them become the Supreme Court of the Gospel to you. –John G. Lake Some wish...
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Working in the Time of Grace
Working in a Time of Grace ‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ Matt....
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The Presence Makes the Difference
I once was told that depression is the inability to construct a future. Perhaps that is precisely where I’ve come to, this old despair that lies dormant until the conditions are just right— and then it...
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Hope for the Hopeless
12 “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Romans 12:12 Three things are critical for the New Testament believer: To rejoice out of a real hope, a deliberate endurance, and...
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Good Hygiene
”Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,” Isaiah 1:16, ESV ”Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he...
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Let Him Take All
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor...
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Simple Discipleship
Each of us who are broken believers will take the following steps. This is simple discipleship. These four will be at the root of everything we do. Our mental illness will influence this walk, but it...
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Deciphering Depression
There are three types of depression: What type do you have/ Guilty depression-– when our behavior hasn’t been what it should be (sin), this is the source of condemnation. Organic depression-– when it’s...
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Picking Out a Kitten
One of the highlights in a child’s life is choosing a kitten, it will rank up there with many other memories. It’s often the first big decision they will make on their own. The child will be introduced...
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All About Flawed Lives
“Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because we let go of seeking perfection and, instead, seek...
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Mental Illness Concerns
As with anything, those of us with mental illness have much to consider. I believe that God will direct us through these issues. And these are not static things. It isn’t “one and your done”– these are...
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A Doubting Faith
“”Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard...
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A Poured-Out Life
“Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.” Philippians 2:17 “For I am already being poured out as a drink...
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Mother Teresa Explains Humility
“But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant.” Luke 22:26, NLT Jesus Christ turned everything upside...
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Real Prayer for “Real” People
“The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.” Psalm 145:18 I don’t want to pretend anymore. It’s been a little more than six months ago since I prayed this simple...
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To Be Rather Than Seem
“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was...
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Mechanisms of the Spirit
Especially for the Leaders and Pastors who Guide the Ministry of the Church: “Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with...
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The Inertia
“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.” Helen Keller —————————————- As I suffer with manic depression I have...
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