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Have Prayerful Confidence that God Works in You and in the World
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When it comes to prayerful confidence, most think in the context of God’s willingness to answer. However, we must keep mindful of our own actions and intentions. To that end, I can’t count the times I’ve failed to make a prayer I told someone I would. Or the times I’ve been less than half-hearted…
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Authentic Love – Reckless? Inefficient? Messy? It’s Simply Love.
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What does authentic love look like? It’s a question I’m often pondering. Never really landed on an answer, until now. You know it when I see it. Every now and then, God sends a perfect illustration. It’s sometimes like the missing puzzle piece that’s key to the whole picture. Yesterday, God sent me a…
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Why We Must Strive for a Healthy Perspective of Shame
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I don’t know how it goes in other countries, but the U.S. culture certainly has an interesting relationship with the concept of shame. On the one hand, it seems that nobody has any shame. In addition, people are constantly thrusting themselves into attention seeking spotlights through antics and displays. It’s only amped up through…
