God calls us to trust Him in all of life, in our joys and in our pain. And it is knowing our future, knowing God’s promises, and knowing the God who made these promises that keeps us going.
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Are you facing a tough decision? Take a look at these 5 questions to ask yourself to make sure your decision is in step with God’s plan for you.
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God has given us the tools of repentance and forgiveness to bring about our personal and relational renewal. Renewal allows us to be more secure and therefore to be more spontaneous and have the fun God has planned for us.
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Happiness is wanting what you already have. Stop a minute and muse on this. Perhaps we would do well to reconsider how to achieve it.
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As we head into 2024, let us nurture those relationships in which we can be gut-level honest and real with one another. Grow in integrity with safe brothers or sisters in Christ by taking off the masks you wear.
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Christmas morning is a time to remember the arrival of Jesus Christ. His birth as a baby—and later death and resurrection—opened up the way for us to experience the security and protection that come with being born of God.
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The true magic of Christmas—the light of Jesus coming into the world as a child—has no hidden areas. The stable is free and open. So when tragedy strikes during this season, we realize that we can grieve with hope.
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As you navigate this Christmas season, there are a lot of things that can cause a level of anxiety, fear or dread. I urge you listen to the good news once more. It will provide peace and move you to action.
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God’s love and light are at the center of Advent. Take some time to meditate on all that is yours in Christ Jesus and focus on receiving freely so that you can love as your Father in heaven does!
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One of the things God values most is loving relationships. He demonstrated this by giving us himself. In fact, if we are to follow God’s example, giving at Christmas ought to look less like giving presents and more like giving our presence.
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In Jesus Christ, we’ve been given our greatest gift to meet our greatest need. Understanding this truth should lead to a holiday season that results in love, rest, peace, generosity, obedience, play and more. But to experience this, we’ll need to conspire against the cultural pressures that we often feel in December.
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Advent Conspiracy is a funny phrase, right? In the Lord’s plan to redeem and restore his creation, He conspired through Jesus to bring good news, bind up the brokenhearted, and proclaim freedom. In the Advent Conspiracy, we conspire to overcome the cultural weight of an over-commercialized season by worshiping fully, spending less, giving more, and loving all.
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Christmas is supposed to be a season of joy, right? So what do you do when life is heavy and all you can feel is despair and weariness? Let’s look to Jesus. There is hope.
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Christmas can serve as an invitation to experience the freedom to live how God designed us to live, whether for the first time or in a renewed way. Let’s take a look at three signposts that can help point us in the right direction this Christmas.
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Do your prayers normally begin with please? Do you wait until you’ve received what you ask for before saying thank you? Unlike the standard ‘please’ before ‘thank you’ that we are taught as children, next time you go to God in prayer, I encourage you to begin with a thank you.
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Have you told God how thankful you are for everything He has done in your life?
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Anxiety is a common reaction to unknown circumstances around us—and we’ve had our share of them the last few years! But it’s important to recognize that our thoughts direct our emotions and reveal our core beliefs. Once our core beliefs are revealed, we can grow in faith by choosing to trust God for what He has told us.
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Does it feel easy or hard to praise God right now? Is there something in your life that makes it difficult to declare God’s goodness and love? Giving thanks is the means to experience God’s goodness and sovereignty because it changes our perspective and opens our eyes to truly see Him.
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