This category is for confession of sin and struggle.
Are you like me and often find it hard to trust, love, or give a crap? Yeah, I know how that feels. I mean, how many times can someone rip in half the trust that you had given? How many times can your heart be shaken, torn, or messed with before you throw up your [...]
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“I Don’t Know Much, But I Know I Love You, And That May Be All There Is To Know…” Aaron Neville & Linda Rondstadt sang the lyrics to this song in 1989. This is true when comes to my love relationship with God. I’m even tempted to call it a love/hate relationship. Why? At times, [...]
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In less than 24 hours another year makes its encroachment upon our lives. For some, this is promising. For others? Well, maybe not so much. Every single year at this time we see one Scripture quoted more than the rest. It is found in Isaiah 43:19 when the Prophet said “See, I am doing a [...]
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This blog is adapted from an earlier post that I have written on this subject. This is pt. 4 of the blog series: Are You________? Yeah, me too. Difficult is the word that I would use to often describe my ability to believe God for what seems to be an impossible situation. When I was a younger [...]
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This is pt. 3 of the blog series: Are You________? Yeah, me too. Do you ever meet those kind of people who always seem to be broken? You know the type. They alway have a tragedy, a story full of sadness, or a crisis. If you were to hear anything good from them, you would [...]
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This is pt. 2 of the blog series: Are You________? Yeah, me too. This week, I want to talk about the subject of fear. In light of the recent school shooting in Newtown, CT, fear seems to dominate the media, and our lives. Fear is magnified when our children are added to the equation. I [...]
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This is pt. 1 of the blog series: Are You________? Yeah, me too. 1 John 1:8 New International Version (NIV) If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Yesterday I posted this on Facebook & Twitter: “Committing sin or living as hypocrites isn’t the churches biggest problem. No, it’s [...]
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When I was a teenager, one of the big conversations that would pop up concerning the mind would go something like this – “Do you think the devil can make you think bad thoughts? Do you think he can plant things in your mind? Can he control your thoughts?” Of course, as young minds often [...]
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