Tag: spiritual growth
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Feast or Famine… Or Fast?
I’m afraid most of us tend to feel deprived when we fast, abandoned when we go through “famine,” and guilty when we feast (or rest). Why is that?
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Spiritual Growth In Easy Times
Sometimes the storms of life cause a faith to crumble away. When Jesus talked about storms, he describes them as a testing, a proof as to whether we’ve built our house on the rock or on sand. In Jesus’s analogy, what you do before the storm matters. It matters a lot.
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Maturing In The Lord
Have you ever run into a Christian who seems to take God’s forgiveness for granted? They willingly admit their mistakes but are so quick to claim God’s grace, they sound like a kid who has made a mess and flippantly says, “Oh well, Mom will take care of it.”
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When Burdens Turn Into Blessings
I once overheard a conversation that has stuck with me for close to 30 years. Two women were talking about God, and one of them said something like this: I don’t like God. He plays favorites.