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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Abusers lie but we tend to believe their stories anyway. Why? Why are we so reticent to believe that people will calculate a story to manipulate us. We tend to look for the good in people denying the counterfeit parts we see.…
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On the question of fear, ask yourself: Do I fear myself? Holding up a mirror to yourself, what do you see? Is the person looking back at you trustworthy? Reliant? Does that person speak kindly to you or is there a voice of disturbance that speaks back to you? Seeing yourself is the key to…
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Times of reflection are the best way to start a week. Ask yourself this question: “Do you believe that everyone must give account to God for every action? Hebrews 4:12-13 says, “12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the…
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On the question of fear, ask yourself: Do I fear growing up and being responsible for myself? God is in the job of maturing or growing up his children. I heard that the only word God uses for us is His “children.” Not grandchildren, not friends, not just acquaintances. Father God calls us his children.…
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What does the bible say about this? Said another way we could ask, “Do I pay for the sins of my parents?” Jeremiah, a prophet in the Old Testament, also had this question for God. He wrote, “You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps of their children after them.”…
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On the question of fear, ask yourself: What do I feel entangled by? What is freedom, exactly. It can mean many things. The definition of liberation is “the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release.” Liberation is a uniquely different concept. It is the act that brings freedom. So, now ask…
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Living through all the evil in my childhood should have set me up with a clear vision to see evil as an adult, spot the deceiving way of an abuser and recognize their lies. Right? Wrong! My mind had been poisoned so severely that my vision was skewed and I could not predict a true…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: I’m reading through the book of Isaiah right now. It’s a bit of a hard read but I understand fully what Isaiah was saying in his time. He was a “piercing poet, who understood the two-sided nature of God’s character; mercy and…
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On the question of fear, ask yourself: Am I pursuing darkness or light? Does anyone ever really try to pursue darkness? Maybe, but the question is do you? Our sexuality is so deeply intertwined with and expressive of our gender, our heart, our yearning for pleasure and for love—it is core to our being. When…
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Times of reflection are the best way to start a week. Ask yourself this question: “What if I got a second chance at life.” John 3:7 says, “You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’” A Pharisee named Nicodemus came to Jesus at night to learn from him because he…