What do you do when it feels like your place to thrive died twenty-five years ago when the one who loved you best died?
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The most important things in life cannot be measured, but are instead felt through the hands, heart, and soul of each life we touch.
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This year, I decided to plant more than flowers and vegetables.
I planted a Victory Garden.
More than just a beautifully embellished space, this year's garden is a visual representation of all of the good things I'm planting in faith this season.
Every plant and every seed declares victory over something.
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This is more than a lesson on learning how to ride a bike. It’s a lesson in letting go and learning to go.
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…and where your hope can be found in the midst of them.
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What a life-giving gift it would be if, this Lent instead of “remembering our sins,” we could pause and remember that we are loved.
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I came across one of my old journals.
I remember placing a high value on that maroon leather journal, but as I excavated it from the back of my bookshelf, I couldn’t quite remember why?
I cracked it open, began to read, and it all came flooding back to me.
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Our lives always move in the direction of our strongest thoughts, and there are two worldviews that are always in motion and competing for our attention.
Most of us are not aware of the filter/worldview we see things through or where they even came from, but what would happen if we were more cognizant of that stuff? Would we feel the same way about our bank accounts, our homes, our neighbors, our struggles…ourselves?
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When you reach the end of yourself and let your walls crumble and fall- this is where the first heartbeat of freedom can be heard.
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Sometimes we must let go so the next thing can come.
Here’s how to give God whatever is upsetting you the most today so you can free up space for God to restore and replenish you.
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Have we been tricked into believing that we have only been given this life to please, perform and be noticed by others? Could it be that, although we are free, we are not walking in the power and authority of our freedom?
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“Jesus has set us free, not partially, but completely and wonderfully free” Galations 5:1
How do you come to Jesus today? Do you need healing? Are there chains that need to be broken? Do your dreams need to be reawakened, your hope revived, or your broken heart restored? Shift your eyes off your need and straight into the eyes of the One that delights to make you whole.
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Our flesh has not been trained to deny itself or to deny others. Our own impulses, combined with those of our culture, press us toward excess, leaving us weak-willed and under a fake veneer of “having it all and being it all ” which is masking a new kind of slavery that we need to be liberated from.
Are there activities and commitments that feel heavy and draining in your life right now?
Who are the people you feel like you must appease, or the ones that always leave you feeling worse after you’ve been in their presence?
Do you have strong, lingering thoughts about buying and acquiring things?
Are you choosing fear that’s packaged to look like good habits or the perfect, “best” way to eat?
What might freedom look and feel like in any and all of these areas?
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We do not need to fall victim to the lie that we are at the mercy of a fallen world. God is in control and moves powerfully in this world through our circumstances- especially the ones that aren’t turning out as planned.
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We can search for life in only two places. We can find life to the fullest vertically, or we will shop for it horizontally.
The Samaritan Woman was thirsty and wasn’t afraid to say so. Her horizontal pursuit of life was abruptly intersected by the Source of true life, and this interaction was the defining moment of her life.
What are you thirsty for?
Feeling comfortable, safe and cared is fundamentally important for us. We’ve got to feel it and know it to thrive in this life.
What brings you comfort? What helps you feel better? What enables you to feel safe? What eases your weariness? What alleviates your pain? To encounter peace and move forward in life, we must know and understand the attribute of comfort.
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One person can stop a great injustice. One person can be a voice for truth. One person’s kindness can save a life. Every person matters.
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