Am I Abiding?

Lovey is our cool, orange tabby. He’s a cat’s cat. He’s soft and gentle with our family but will ferociously chase down a dog that’s going after one of his feline friends. He’s the king of our farm but allows strays to eat from his bowl. He was a rescue cat, so I like to think he remembers his roots and desires to give back to the community. He’s been diagnosed with feline leukemia, but you’d never know it. He weighs seventeen pounds and runs with a sassy kitten named Baby. He takes hikes deep into the…

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Seeking the Savior in the Stress – Week 2 – Destroying Damaging Thinking Patterns with Jesus

I have dream that one day all of our thinking patterns that are damaging to ourselves, our loved ones, our relationship with the world around us and to God will be obliterated!
Thankfully, I know that this will happen!
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” -Revelation 21:4
Andrew Peterson’s song, “After the Last Tear,” reminds me of all that I look forward to when sin, sickness,…

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Seeking the Savior in the Stress Series – Week 1 -Praying Over Ingrained Responses to Life Stressors

“Examine me, O Lord, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.” -Psalm 26:2

“Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from you.” Psalm 38:9

Do you, like me, ever feel “programmed” to respond to life circumstances in a certain way?

While we must take responsibility for our response to life, in a way we have been “programmed”, to some extent, by our past experiences, circumstances and life choices.

Please don’t hear that as me saying we have an excuse for how we act. I am

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