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5 Ways to Act in the Power of God Even When You Don’t Feel Powerful
You may think that being powerful in God FEELS powerful. You’re flying high, working miracles, on intimate terms with God. When that happens, praise Him for the experience! But do you know what the bigger blessing is? Not feeling like flying – feeling like you’re walking, trudging; maybe even crawling. Because these are also blessed times: when you depend on God no matter what you feel. These are times when you are truly powerful because yourcan’t do anything under your own power. Here are 5 reasons that you might not feel powerful–and why NOT feeling powerful doesn’t matter much. 1. God is teaching you to depend on Him and not…
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Confession
I’m sitting on my couch journaling and praying. The snow is falling outside. Christmas songs are playing quietly. And I am repenting for my sin. Thankfully it’s nothing that would make the evening news; but is nonetheless serious sin. Here is my confession: I have denied and refused a specific of God’s will for a long time and am paying for it. As background, I have a ministry. It’s also business, but at its core it is my ministry. I have had the ministry for many years, to teach Christian women about the Bible, about prayer, and about the sanctity and mystery and glory of God and the Kingdom of…
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Advent: 3 Reminders
1. Advent is important. Unless you were raised Roman Catholic, you might not have a big grasp of Advent. But the gospels of Matthew and Luke start with what happens just BEFORE Jesus is born. There’s a reason for that: the world prepares for the Coming of the King. And so can we. 2. Advent doesn’t have to be time-consuming or formal. Read advent meditations, they’re everywhere. Read the Nativity accounts in Matthew and Luke. (They complement each other but they’re different!) Pray and ask the Lord where you need the Christ to be born into your life and circumstances. Meditate on the human figures of the Nativity: Joseph, Mary,…