We need to all bear fruit; being fruitful is not optional in the kingdom of God on earth! When God created humankind, he blessed Adam and Eve and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds […]
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I woke up in Seattle on Saturday morning and sought the Spirit’s words to start what I believed would be a landmark day. The words were presence, sisterhood, turning point, trust, surrender, and gift. I’d flown the afternoon before on a plane so small that the overhead storage could only take coats. I was seated
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The season of Advent that begins today marks a time of longing and hopeful anticipation for the arrival of our Savior. In this blog post, we will delve into some beautiful expressions of this longing as captured in the timeless book, “Divine Intimacy,” originally published in Italian in 1953 and now available in a 2022
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Sometimes all that’s standing between you and what you desire is belief. That the power of belief is key to the outcomes you experience is borne out by scripture and by the myriad stories of motivational speakers. Wise teachers contend that we mostly get what we believe, although we may not realize exactly what our
I owe my faith today to the Holy Spirit! In 1989, a close friend told me that if I was in a fatal accident, I’d be damned based on the spiritual state I was in at the time. I believed in God the Creator but didn’t go beyond that and only went to church on Christmas
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I made a mistake by acting according to my ideas for how to accomplish something without asking God for his blessing, direction, or wisdom–especially since what I was working on was for the Lord. I wasn’t sure what the consequences would be. I had a phone call afterward that I perceived as a painful chastisement.
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If you missed them, the first two posts in this 3-part series on Holiness, or Holy Boldness, were called “Holy Boldness: 3 Easy First Steps, with 7 More Helpful Ideas to Follow” and “Holy Boldness – Renouncing Lies that Prevent Our Being Holy.” You may want to read them first, or after, this post. Steps
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If you missed it, the first post in this 3-part series on Holiness, or Holy Boldness, was called “Holy Boldness – 3 Easy First Steps, 7 More Ideas to Follow. You may want to read that first, or after, this post. Steps 1 to 3 cited scriptures about God’s command to Be Holy, and how
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Holy Boldness, or Holiness, isn’t what we see on the nightly news, is it? Too often it seems that the News fosters fear, highlights hate, laments lack, and trifles with truth—which might make it hard to keep yourself spiritually focused on faith, hope, and love. In contrast, let’s consider ways to live out our faith,
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Recently a group of Christian women were talking about how difficult it is to get guidance from the Holy Spirit. One friend said she was amazed at how I often hear from God in my prayer time. They wanted to know more about why that was so and asked, “How can we hear from God
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