“Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God.” (1 Chronicles 22:19)” Seeking the Lord means seeking his presence. “Presence” is a common translation of the Hebrew word “face.” Literally, we are to seek his “face.” But this is the Hebraic way of having access to God. To be before his face is to be in his presence.…
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Quiet your heart in his presence and pray; keep hope alive as you long for God to come through for you. And don’t think for a moment that the wicked in their prosperity are better off than you. Psalm 37:7 TPT One of the most difficult things for me to do when I have to…
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The Supremacy of Christ: “He is the divine portrait, the true likeness of the invisible God, and the first-born heir of all creation. For through the Son everything was created, both in the heavenly realm and on the earth, all that is seen and all that is unseen. Every seat of power, realm of government, principality,…
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The humanly inexplicable firmness of the Christian’s hope is not only the deepest comfort in trials, but a strong testimony to a world filled with weak and rotting roots. — John Piper Where does real hope and comfort come from in our trials? C.S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity, “Comfort is the one thing you cannot…
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Stop pointing out problems. Become part of the solution. Mark Batterson, The Lion Chaser’s Manifesto, Chase The Lion We’ve all heard that old line, “You can be part of the problem or you can be part of the solution,” right? Sure we all want to be part of God’s redemptive solutions in this world. So…
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Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12: 2 NASB The world doesn’t forgive. It doesn’t say, “I understand. I’ve done what you’ve done a dozen times myself. I know you’re sorry, and I certainly forgive you. It’s O.K.” Instead, the world get back in…
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What do you want more than anything? I guarantee, what your heart hungers for? You will go after it. It will probably be one of the first things you think about when you wake up in the morning, and it will be there when you close your eyes, at the end of the day. Created…
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Stop repeating the past. Start creating the future. Mark Batterson, The Lion Chasers Manifesto, Chase The Lion God put you on this planet (with all of your unique quirks and kooky character issues) to abolish the status quo and thereby establish His dominion. So how do we do that? It is going back to God’s…
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The Lord spoke to me again, saying: In Ramah there is bitter weeping—Rachel is weeping for her children and cannot be comforted, for they are gone. But the Lord says: Don’t cry any longer, for I have heard your prayers and you will see them again; they will come back to you from the distant…
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Not one promise from God is empty of power, for nothing is impossible with God!” Luke 1:37 TPT I grew up hearing the story of “Mama Suppes.” Dad said she was a woman of great faith, with a dream, who believed in a great God. One who knows our hearts and answers our dreamer-prayers when…
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This is love: He loved us long before we loved him. It was his love, not ours. He proved it by sending his Son to be the pleasing sacrificial offering to take away our sins. Delightfully loved ones, if he loved us with such tremendous love, then “loving one another” should be our way of…
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