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  • I believe part of the purpose for the current situation in my life is that God wanted to reveal something awesome and amazing. I used to have this vain hope that because my life was messed up, I was messed up, that somehow my kids could be spared, and they could change things. I never

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  • This was a phrase I first learned in kindergarten. There were kids putting paste in their ears. The teacher walked up and asked one of them why. They said because so-and-so was doing it. She said monkey see, monkey do. It took me years to understand what she was saying. 15 Therefore, let all of us

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  • i want to know

    What is your ultimate goal in life? WHat do you set your ambition and motive on? What are you trying to accomplish? This often comes to mind for me. I often ask myself what exactly are you doing and who are you doing it for. More than a year ago I set out with one

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  • At the right time, God’s timing, He can do anything instantly. 22 The least will become a thousand,the smallest a mighty nation.I am the Lord;I will accomplish it quickly in its time.Isaiah 60:22 This passage of scripture was God speaking to the Israelites through Isaiah. He was giving them a picture of restoration. Their restoration after exile,

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  • Today there will be no cake. No singing happy birthday. No candles, no special dinner, no presents. No fun activity planned. No, today is a day that instead I choose to celebrate my Heavenly Father and give Him the glory, honor, and praise. Before time began, and this earth’s foundation was made, God had an

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  • rocks and sand.

    When we lived in Washington State, we would occasionally get the chance to go to the Pacific beaches. It was quite the trek from the parking lot to the actual beach. The path started out with walking on a solid ground and then turned into sand. The sand was the perfect soft sand. It was

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  • tired.

    Do have those moments in life where you are just tired? You can not seem to get enough sleep or maybe you are sleeping too much? I wished sometimes we never had to sleep. This often comes about because there is so much I want to do in a day and 24 hours is just

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  • deliberate.

    When you get up in the morning, what is your intention for the day? Intention is a thing intended; an aim or plan. This word and thought of intention has come up many times over the last few weeks. It has challenged me to ask that question: am I intentionally living, and if I am,

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  • the exchange.

    I am learning in this discipleship journey, Christ gives us new life, a transformation of our hearts and minds, but he does this by asking for something in return. He asks us to first redeem ourselves through confession. This is an immediate always ask, but there is something else he asks us for. For each

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  • it stops here.

    30 “Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your rebellious acts, so they will not become a sinful stumbling block to you. 31 Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a

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