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My heart song
Unto you, oh Lord, do I bring my life. (Psalm 25:1 AMP) I don’t even want to think of the mess I would have made of my life if not for the Lord. Can you imagine what situations He must have saved us...
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Selflessness and coffee
Recently, I experienced the Starbucks pay it forward phenomenon. It was cool, yes, but when you pay for the coffee of the people behind you, are you really paying anything forward? I mean, you are...
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Pump up the volume
Hearing from God is not as hard as it sounds but it’s harder than it looks. What the? It’s easy because He’s always speaking. It’s hard because we have to be quiet. Why do we have such trouble with...
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Trouble, trouble, trouble
I knew you were trouble when you walked in. What a great line. This girl is on to something. And yes; I am going to turn a pop song into a devotional. I’m weird like that. Take a look at John 14:26-27...
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Celebrate life
So, I found a new show to watch on Netflix and it has rocked my world. No, it’s not Breaking Bad or Sons of Anarchy; nothing that gritty, nothing that would get tweeted about or invent new words. This...
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Cherish
My little bird is leaving the nest. Not my son, my new daughter, Bethanie. She’s only been here six months but our bond is like superglue… we stuck together on contact. My little Rhema student is going...
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The devil is a liar
Has anyone ever said to you, “You’re a loser?” Do you know that those words are intended to wound you, upset you, break you down, and pull you off track? Do you also know that those words come straight...
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Be a warrior
My sister Christi really scared me a few months ago. She went to the hospital thinking she had a bad case of the flu and narrowly avoided the intensive care unit by about two points on the blood...
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Open your eyes
So, Jaxon and I were flying to South Carolina to meet up with Lynn who had been preaching there for two weeks. We were on a regional jet, one of those smaller planes which bounce you around and vibrate...
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Take it with you
It’s easy to find peace sitting on a balcony in Maui overlooking the ocean and hearing the soft waves and humming doves. Anyone can do that. But I go home tomorrow. I go home to bills and decisions and...
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He made me this way
Let’s skip over the fact that I haven’t written in ages and focus on the fact that I’m writing now, okay? Last night my bible app led me to a simple scripture, one I’ve read a thousand times and heard...
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Zip your lip
Just because you know something doesn’t mean you have to share it. There are many a circumstances where a closed mouth is way more powerful than an open one. The Book of Proverbs, which shows me the...
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Open your Holly Bibble
How easy is it to scroll through social media for hours, binge on Netflix, or watch a mindless reality TV marathon? It’s so easy it’s scary. Why is that so easy, but making time for the Word of God is...
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Mind control
“I hate it when he does that.” “Oh, she irritates me so bad.” “Why am I the one who always has to do it?” Have you ever asked those questions? Surely not. Surely it’s just me who ever sinks that low....
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The state of your union
What’s the state of your union? I’m not talking about your relationships, I mean what’s the state of your insides? Is there peace? War? Personally, mine have recently been engaged in a skirmish. On one...
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Don’t sit and quit
Don’t sit and quit. Stay engaged. Stay in the game. Stay in the fight. Press on toward the mark. Philippians 3:14 says in a lofty and strangely religious way, I press toward the mark for the prize of...
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Jailbreak
Isaiah 45:2 says, I will go before you and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron. Some of us are in a cage and we need to break out. What...
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Change your spots
Are you a leopard who desperately needs to change your spots? Is your life in the toilet? Do you need a miracle? In this day and age, you’d be hard pressed to find any believer who doesn’t need a...
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Stormy weather
If you’ve followed this blog for any amount of time, you know I write a lot about the storms of life. I have moments when my heart hurts and I think that surely my life has been stormier than most, but...
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