To some Christians, the Old Testament feels intimidating to read, and since we have the New Testament in its place, why spend time on a book to which we are no longer bound? The Old Testament doesn’t just come before the New Testament chronologically. It comes before the New Testament because understanding the stories told […]
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As I go through life, I think about how my mindset has gotten me where I am today. I control my thoughts and which ones I choose to let infiltrate my daily life. I can determine my perspective during the trials and storms I walk through. I can choose not to be afraid.I can choose
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The last few weeks have been hard for me. I’ve been praying for a way out of this valley and that God would deliver me on the other side. I found myself trying to satisfy my timing rather than waiting on God’s. Maybe if I work hard enough, I’ll get to where I desire to
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We abide in a world that serves itself above God and wants personal satisfaction within worship instead of using worship as a time to glorify God. Personal preferences have caused deviation from God’s truth. Instead of holding firm to the foundation of God’s Word, churches have begun to accommodate and adapt to a changing world.
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A few years ago, I used to have one foot in the world. I lived on a tightrope of knowing God and craving the world. I would sit in a church pew and pretend to have it all together. At some point along the way, I lost sight of why I was sitting in
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When we think of worshipping idols, our minds automatically go to metal statues of false gods in the Old Testament. We may not be bowing to the feet of man-made statues today, but idol worshipping hasn’t disappeared from the 21st century. It’s just taken on a new form. Today, we worship idols in the
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In my last blog, I talked about how God’s plans are incomprehensively better than anything we could create for ourselves. It isn’t because God didn’t make us capable of forming our own plans because He did. He wants us to choose His way. He desires our trust and faith that He will deliver us
God only misses the mark when we define the mark for him. We can’t put God in a box. When our expectations aren’t met, it isn’t because God couldn’t meet them. It’s because we shouldn’t be making them in the first place. I used to think that my proposal for life was better.
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I once was lost. Lost within an ever-changing world. Lost within a self-centered culture. Lost inside deep holes I had dug for myself. The definition of lost is being unable to find one’s way. For years I wandered this life not knowing who I was. Not recognizing that my purpose for being on
The world will make you promises. Promises that say it can give you everything you want. Everything you think you need. It’ll fill your desires in small increments to build tolerance– making it easier to say yes to the next time the world tempts you. The world makes you believe it has all the answers.
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