Jesus invites us to sit at the table with Him and lay our burdens at His feet. Haleigh shares her experience and practice of imaginative prayer and surrendering her worries to Jesus.
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Don’t forfeit what is invaluable. Don’t exchange the peace, joy and love Jesus gives for hurry and worry.
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Many of us live life in the fast lane. We’re guilty of literally accelerating to a stop. But is living life hurried — the heart posture expressed in accelerating to a stop — part of following Jesus? Is it really part of the good, full life He offers?
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Storytime with Keagan and Charity! There have been many life changes in the K & C world! Praise the Lord that He is an unchanging God! Through it all, we’ve been able to trust that God is with us and for us and hears us because He is faithful and unchanging.
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Houses change, but home never does. No matter our circumstances, God is always with us. But… we must also choose to be with Him.
Continue reading “Houses Change, Home Never Does”A Cloudy Mountaintop Experience
A cloudy mountaintop isn’t what we usually think of when we imagine a mountaintop experience. Sometimes, things in the valley aren’t any clearer from the mountaintop. But even on a cloudy mountaintop, we can gain a perspective of the nearness of God.
Continue reading “A Cloudy Mountaintop Experience”Surely God is Good to Those Pure in Heart: A Prayer
This prayer grew from reflection on Psalm 73. It is easy to wonder if being faithful to God and giving our hearts solely to Him is really worth it. The psalmist Asaph gives away the answer at the very beginning though: God is good—good to good people, good to the good-hearted, good to those who are pure in heart.
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Psalm 63 is a desert prayer—a prayer from a dry and weary land. It can be easy to try and quench the thirst of our souls on our own. But only the One who made us can satisfy us.
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In Psalm 62, David declares that God is both strong and loving. That is such good news! He has the power to save, to heal but also the desire to do so. Which is why David also says that our rest, our salvation, our hope are in God alone.
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God’s heart and kingdom is one of both mercy and justice. Jesus met the marginalized where they were, but He also worked to make room for them. May we do the same.
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