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What Attributes of God Can I Image For Others Today?

February 26, 2022
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| Categories: Coaching Yourself, Encouragement, Mothering Encouragement, Parenting, Renewing the Mind, Spiritual Growth, Thinking, Uncategorized

Is it wrong for me to think I can reflect God?

Humans aren’t perfectly holy, all-present, or all-knowing.

Don’t worry! I don’t propose that we can reflect those kinds of attributes, but if we are in Christ we are enabled and called by God to image other attributes of Himself; the ones He calls His followers to. Imaging them isn’t to be a prideful or self-righteous move; it’s just the opposite. God’s attributes are all based on His perfect love. The essence of His kind of love is kindness, tenderness,…

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One Thing to Remember When You Need Courage and Peace

January 7, 2017
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| Categories: Courage, Peace, Uncategorized

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“You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” -Isaiah 26:3-4

This is a call to be centered on the Lord in the midst of life’s hardness.  When it’s hard, He is harder. I mean that in an encouraging way. He is a rock. A steady, unmoving place to place our feet. A rock that doesn’t cause us to stumble, but keeps us from stumbling.  I want to…

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The Greatest Perspective Available to Overcome Temptations

August 5, 2015
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| Categories: Grace, Parenting, Renewing the Mind, Spiritual Growth, Who we are in Christ / Identity of a believer

 

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It’s been a lazy summer.  Delightful, easy, carefree and…I don’t want it to end!

 

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With a light schedule and easy days, there has been less temptation toward frustration in the home. I guess that is why I wasn’t prepared for it.

I became frustrated and angered very quickly at a situation with the kids at home yesterday. Afterward, I wondered aloud to God how it happened.  How had I…

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The Rescuer and a Rescue Giveway

July 5, 2015
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| Categories: Parenting

Lamentations 3:19

It’s the day before VBS, folks.  My mind is occupied by thoughts of crafts.  I will be eyeballs deep in kids, clay and paint this week. Our Vacation Bible School director says it every year.  “It’s the Lord’s Vacation Bible School.  If He wants it to go on, He will provide.”  Every year He does provide for this little country church and this provision has been an example to me in my own personal life to trust for God’s provision.  Our director’s words also remind me that He has…

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