2017-04-05
Atrophying or Absorbing?
God is looking for people who are thirsty. In my own life am I absorbing (earnestly desiring to understand) or am I atrophying (withering)?
Read more..God is looking for people who are thirsty. In my own life am I absorbing (earnestly desiring to understand) or am I atrophying (withering)?
Read more..Put your trust and hope in the Lord. Don’t be discouraged, when things do not
Read more..This is my body, given for you! The words rang in my ears as I heard the sound of the women in the background.
Read more..“Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother … When Jesus saw [her] there, and
Read more..“Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless,
Read more..“But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57. “It isn’t my fault. He made me do it.” “She can’t help it -after what’s happened to her.”
Read more.."The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children." 1 John 3:1 (NCV)
Read more..“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it
Read more..When we pray our words are not dispersing into the air; they are being heard by God, whose Spirit lives within us (1 Corinthians 3:16) and who hears us because He is with us, not as a vague spirit but as a living person.
Read more..Worship with anything less than our best is not worship at all. Discover the joy of giving to God the very best. Think and pray about what the best is that you have to offer. The Holy Spirit will help you understand what that means.
Read more..A new covenant -- God willingly entered into a new agreement with us, his creatures, sealed it with the blood of his Son Jesus, and sent the Spirit to give us the power to live the life of this new covenant. God has made a covenant of love and grace with us.
Read more..Lift Up Your Soul: Dearest Lord, I pray that I may surrender a little more each day to Your use, and trust more and more in Your mercy and love — that I can lift up my glass for You to fill with Your presence.
Read more..Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Do you remember this old adage? It would often be heard on a schoolhouse playground as children were teasing each other, pretending not to be bothered by the insults that came their way.
Read more..Read: Luke 15:11-24 Humanity tends to project its own faulty habits onto God. This is
Read more..“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He
Read more..Jesus invites us to be still in His presence. The more hassled we feel, the more we need communication with Him. He doesn’t want us to be wrapped in anxious knots, ignoring His gift of peace. He wants us to know that He is God and that He will be exalted among the nations,
Read more..“He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come
Read more..Jesus said to His disciples: “If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
Read more..Sometimes in the groping dark of my not knowing I am exhausted with the struggle to believe in you, O God. Your ways are not our ways. Your ways are extraordinary. Madeleine LâEngle
Read more..“This is my command – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Read more..“In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. what can mortal man do to me? “ Psalm 56:4 God holds us in his grasp.
Read more..“He saves the humble.” Psalm 149:4 With the same intensity that He hates arrogance, God
Read more..“Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must
Read more..Father God, So many things distract me and You often seem far away in my day to day reality. Help me to use the exercise daily of opening my hands and having You show me what I need to wash out of my life.
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