August 16th, 2008 at 12:38am |
“For the next 60 days, try to stay in a continuous, honest conversation with God, willing to do his will moment by moment.”
– SoulRevolution.net
This is the beginning of a challenge put forth by John Burke in his soon to be released book, Soul Revolution: How Imperfect People Become All God Intended.
John Burke spoke at the [...]
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October 9th, 2007 at 11:23am |
I found this book in my boss’s office a couple of years ago and asked if I could read it. It isn’t very long, and can be difficult to read (Brother Lawrence was a seventeenth-century French Monk), but it is well worth it.
I lost track of the borrowed (and returned) book, but finally re-found [...]
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June 27th, 2007 at 11:04am |
What does it mean when I’m not seeing any effects from my efforts? Does it mean that God isn’t answering prayers? Does it mean I am not working hard enough?
Or, more likely, does it mean that I am being given the opportunity to learn patience and perseverance?
I was so angry last night about [...]
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June 15th, 2007 at 4:20am |
Ok, not even sure if that is a word, (too lazy to look it up), but I realized tonight that I need to “accentuate the positive” rather than focusing all my time and energy attempting to “eliminate the negative”.
Meaning - I am going to spend my time in the Word, listening to my heavenly Father, [...]
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June 10th, 2007 at 4:37am |
I have needed something to light the fire of my faith. A kick start. And God has done so in a way I was not expecting. Using a potentially controversial book called The Secret. The book itself isn’t what changed me. In fact, I haven’t even read it yet. [...]
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May 10th, 2007 at 1:38pm |
No, I’m not talking about the marital kind of engagement. I’m talking about the mental kind. One of the things I know about myself is that when I am facing stress, especially common stress, and it builds up to the point where I am about to be squished, I disengage. I detach. [...]
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April 25th, 2007 at 3:33am |
Well, I learned today that I still have my free and stubborn will.
Tomorrow is another day. One in which His mercies will be new, and I can take a step in his direction rather than in my own.
Would be so easy to just give up…but I cannot.
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April 22nd, 2007 at 3:00am |
I just wrote a really long email to my friend, Heidi, so most of my heart was just poured out there and I don’t have much to say. I will however, share that this post she wrote makes a lot of sense and will undoubtedly impact future posts of mine.
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March 31st, 2007 at 4:00am |
The prodigal’s first right step was to turn around - to face home.
“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against [...]
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March 19th, 2007 at 3:46pm |
[This is my devotional for today over at Faith Lifts. Please, take a look over there and see some great articles by some wonderful Christian women! ]
I struggle with my weight. It’s a battle I have fought, won, re-lost, tied, surrendered, revolted, and yielded so many times, I sometimes get sick of [...]
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