Tag: Deepen Your Faith
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How Do You Deal Living in a World with Competing Agendas?
We all have to deal with them. Competing agendas that produce conflict in our lives externally, internally, or with another person, or between groups of people. Jesus also had conflicts He had to deal with. In John 2, after His first miracle when He turned the water in to wine, we find Jesus arriving at…
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How Should We Respond to the One Who FIRST Loved Us?
Sometimes it can be as simple as saying, “I love You too.” Our worship of God was never meant to be directed toward something of our own making, nor something we manufacture, make a performance of, or even initiated. We never loved God first. God extended His love toward us before we ever loved Him…
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If You Were Asked to Speak at the Lord’s Funeral, What Would You Say?
It’s been two years since my brother and I had our kidney transplant surgery. I remember that hard and difficult conversation I had with my brother, Kenny, when he told me his kidneys were failing. I knew he had some kidney problems, I just didn’t realize how bad it had gotten. Kenny was telling me…
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What Are The Top 3 Negative Emotions Most People Have to Manage Daily?
Everyone’s personality has an emotional component. It’s part of who we are. Our emotional health is one of the five windows of the soul, in which many of us need to exercise “soul care” daily, in order to manage well. Our emotions often exert a lot more influence over our lives than most of us…
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How Will You Apply FAITH to the Breakthrough You’re Seeking Today?
It was a game-changer in every one of their stories. The heroes of faith in the Bible all wanted to make the most out of the life they had been given. But the journey was not without some kind of struggle that needed to be overcome. Whether it was a battle that needed to be…
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How Do We Navigate a World Filled with COMPETING Agendas?
Did you wake up this morning with a goal in mind? Maybe a vision of how you wanted your day or week to play out? You then made a plan, a roadmap with the steps you needed to realize your vision. But then something suddenly came up. Now you have to readjust your plans, perhaps…
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What Can God Do with Our FAILURES and Disappointments?
Everything she tried, ended in failure and disappointment. There was no money left. She spent it all trying to find a cure. We don’t know her name, but this woman had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had no close friends, no one to share her burden with, nor could she foster any…
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When Was the Last Time You Called Upon the NAME of the Lord?
I’m not just talking about asking God to show up in His presence and power, but are you seeking Him to specifically accomplish His PURPOSE in your life? Your name is important. So is the NAME of the Lord. At birth, you were given a name and it had a purpose attached to it. It…
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What Does God NEED from You to Accomplish His Work in and through Your Life Today?
I took this picture on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Capernaum, the region where Jesus lived and did the majority of His ministry. It was such a personal and meaningful experience, I thought I would share it with you today, along with this week’s devotional question: What does God NEED from you…
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What Could God Possibly PRODUCE through the TENSION You’re Feeling Today?
Tension is the state of being stretched tightly. In order to realize all you were meant to become and experience in life, you can’t avoid the necessary stretching and tension you may feel between two extremes—your human limitations and your God-given potential. Italian violin maker, Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), was a master violin craftsman and innovator,…