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08/12/2023

04/12/2023

Since this is the season to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ... shouldn't we give Him gifts? He's already told us what He wants!

29/11/2023

So many people are intimidated by prayer. They're afraid of doing it "wrong." Afraid of not knowing the right words, afraid they aren't good enough, afraid they won't be heard, afraid it's been so long since the last time they prayed... or they aren't in a church. Let me tell you, the best prayers are prayed from a sincere heart, from right where you are. God isn't angered by honest questions or put off by simple language. He doesn't care if you're in the bathroom.
Just. Talk. To. Him.

20/11/2023

Just because God said so.

16/11/2023

The latest vlog from our author Stephanie Bennett, PhD!

When life leaves us bone tired, how do we respond? In those moments, what we believe is communicated through our words and actions, but first it is communicated intra-personally. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47cSubm

15/11/2023

Let the Lord refresh you today...

09/11/2023

If you are willing to talk to God and be honest... He's willing to meet you there.

31/10/2023

Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.

If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will take hold of me.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,
And the night will be the only light around me,”

Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,
But the night shines as bright as the day;
Darkness and light are alike to You. -- Psalm 139:7-12

And He ordered us to preach to the people, and to testify solemnly that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead.-- Acts 10:42

28/10/2023

The world is chock full of high-maintenance low-impact people. Although Jesus will meet them where they're at, He calls those who will follow Him to be transformed and hold on.

24/10/2023

All things and all dominions and powers, whether seen or unseen, are from Him, and everything will culminate with Him.

23/10/2023

Jude 1:24

15/10/2023

INTEGRITY is the quality or state of being complete, undivided, whole.

COMPARTMENTALIZATION is when we allow contradictory ideas to be held as truth (accepted, believed)—because they remain separate from each other (and are never applied to a complete picture).

One of the main goals of this world's system is to put God-given logic to sleep and replace it with ideas that appeal to emotions and desires. One by one, conflicting "truths" are accepted, then put in separate compartments and never placed side-by-side. Compartmentalization means a person can hold in one drawer the thought that it's okay to abort a possibly disabled child... but in another drawer have the urge to lobby for more pet adoptions to prevent euthanizing disabled animals. It allows people to believe that humans are merely a product of nature (animals)... yet also believe we can magically defy "nature" and be anything our feelings or fantasies tell us.

Yes, I'll state that—with the exception of Jesus, the ONLY perfect one—contradictions exist in all of us. But, as those who follow Christ, we should be inviting His presence into every part of us, allowing transformation, leading an increasingly integrated (with God) life, as every part of us gets submitted to Him.

You may not consider yourself evangelist material . . . but if you have Jesus, you are called to be a light. This doesn't involve standing on a corner and shouting at strangers. This is in the realm of friends, co-workers, and neighbors. It involves listening and actual back-and-forth conversations. It's how the Early Church grew by leaps and bounds as people who were set free from darkness just talked with people they knew in the neighborhood and in the marketplace.

In the course of real conversations you can lift someone's contradictory ideas from separate drawers and place them side by side in the Light. PRAY, and let the Holy Spirit do the job of convicting/convincing, as you gradually, persistently, and respectfully recall the "truths" people voice that don't measure up with other "truths" they themselves have voiced. You're just highlighting the divergent ideas and asking questions. In the process, you just might wake up some of their God-given logic. If the person wants further discussion, consider it an open door. If they change the subject or end the conversation and start avoiding you—let them have some space (while you remain prayerful). Sometimes truth needs to percolate a while. Sometimes, their indignation provides the heat needed to cause that percolation.

I've seen people who were consumed by darkness get set free as nearby Christians were willing to care, listen, to light up contradictions, and trust God for the outcome.

09/10/2023

Has your life been saved by a blood donor? Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.

22/09/2023

Before you decide that favor, blessings, and open doors are the sole litmus test for whether or not the Lord is "in" something, consider the ministry of Paul the apostle.

".... I have been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked." 2 Cor. 11:23-27

"Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; 10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything." 2 Cor. 6:4-10

07/09/2023

We all have them. Those "Aha" moments when we suddenly understand something that eluded us before. Sometimes it's like a sunrise... other times like a flood. The challenge in that moment is to surrender to God's wisdom in light of what we now know.

10/08/2023

Simple faith.

28/07/2023

Fellowship and ministry are such messy things.

People (even the disciples who walked with Jesus during His earthly ministry) are prone to being complicated, difficult, competitive, and selfish. If you only want the lock-step agreement of minions and perfect order, prepare for a lonely life, a hard slog, and a paltry harvest.

If you want deep, organic fellowship and God-pleasing ministry, be prepared to shovel some stuff!

24/07/2023

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. -- John 3:16-18

14/07/2023

Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread -- Prov. 30:8

12/07/2023

Wild Flower Press author Stephanie Bennett speaks on one of her favorite topics!