There is much excitement surrounding the revival occurring at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Soon after Asbury’s started, nearby Lee University began experiencing its own revival.
The other day, my husband sent me a picture of a sea of students gathered on campus at Baylor ...
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From Empty to Filled with Joy
Often feeling empty and distant from the Lord is caused by our not spending quality time with Him every day. Our relationship can be restored simply by re-establishing our daily quiet times. Sometimes, however, our loss of fellowship is because we harbor unconfessed sin. When we make a mess of our ...
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WITH The Lord, Is Unfailing Love And Full Redemption
It seems like while I was "with my withouts," a lot of other things were without me!
A dear friend of mine encouraged me to focus on some "withs" as a follow-up to my #write31days challenge of 31 Days of Living WITHOUT.
My heart was so encouraged as I began researching that. This post is the ...
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There Is No Substitute For Live-Giving Blood
I was a little nervous going into the Blood Center yesterday. I shouldn't have been, though. I have great veins, and I'm not afraid of needles. And ... this wasn't my first rodeo. But it had been a while since I last gave. When you go to the Blood Center, if your blood is not up to par, they send ...
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Because of Jesus, We Are WITHOUT Blemish!
Our culture is preoccupied with personal perfection and physical beauty. The lengths people go to in order to achieve the look borders on obsession. The right lipstick, the right eyeliner or mascara. (I won't lie. I do have my own favorites.) And then the time to apply it ever so carefully.
And ...
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WITHOUT Blood There Is No Forgiveness
In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness. (Hebrews 9:22)
Have you ever given blood? Have you ever needed a blood transfusion? Has someone you cared about ever needed a blood transfusion? Without ...
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Repentance WITHOUT Regret
Thank God we who are in Christ are not condemned!
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)
But we still sin. Just because we are saved, does not mean that we stop sinning. Certainly we sin less. But sin is not eradicated from our lives. In fact, we might ...
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In Christ, You Are WITHOUT Condemnation!
Many years ago I messed up pretty big. (Well, it happens much more often than I'd like to admit.) But this particular situation involved a close friend. Honestly, I can't remember all of the details anymore. But ... I was guilty. I remember getting a call from my friend--a call I had to take ...
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![This week in our small group study, I felt the Lord’s gentle chastisement.
We looked at the promise in Luke 11:28, “He [Jesus] replied, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.’”
At first glance, the promise of blessing comes from obedience. But it’s much more.
In the preceding verses, Jesus had cast out a demon that caused a man to be mute. The crowd accused Him of casting out a demon with Satan’s power.
Jesus explained how ridiculous it would be for Satan to drive out his own demons. Then a woman cries out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you,” (v 27).
This is the sticking point. Jesus was in the middle of an important discourse when this woman interrupts Him. He corrects her with this:
✨ Blessed are those who HEAR the word of God and obey it.
That word HEAR means to LISTEN with FULL ATTENTION.
✨ We cannot truly obey God if we don’t know what He’s saying to us.
Basically, Jesus told this woman, and the others in the crowd, “Pay attention!! Don’t get distracted from my voice. I have important things to tell you. You won’t know what they are and what I want you to do, if all you’re thinking about is what you want to say or how you can gain attention. Put your attention on ME.”
It’s never fun to be Jesus’s object lesson.
The questions I’m asking myself …
✨ What keeps me from spending time alone with Jesus?
✨ When I finally get alone with Him, what distracts me?
✨ What keeps me from focusing on God’s Word?
✨ What causes my kind to wander when I’m praying?
➡️ Eliminating distractions …
➡️ Exercising discipline …
… to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5)
… brings true blessing.
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