I don't know of a better way to wrap up my posts that focus on WITH, than looking at the greatest WITH of all ... God WITH Us!
The prophet Isaiah told King Ahaz,
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah ...
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Life WITH
Life WITH The Gift of Peace
Christmas Day is about a week away, and the airwaves are filled with Christmas music. One of the major themes you hear is peace. It's in most every traditional Christmas carol.
--Listen to what I say, pray for peace, people everywhere!
--Now ye need not fear the grave; Peace! Peace! Jesus ...
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Sharing Grief and Joy WITH Each Other
Have you ever broken a toe? Even your littlest toe? It's easy to do. And once you've done that, you can almost guarantee you'll do it again--maybe even the week after it seems to be better.
Maybe you've never broken a bone. But have you ever pulled a resistant hang-nail? Ouch! Your finger hurts ...
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Run WITH Purpose in Every Step
Sometimes events in your life line up together and point a focused light beam in the direction you are supposed to go. Well, without even asking God for it, He is doing that for me now. Reminds me of this verse in Isaiah ...
I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still ...
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Filled WITH the Fruit of Faith
Have you ever visited a magnificent garden? The kind you see in movies? An expansive, perfectly manicured lawn. Walkways with row after row of fragrant flowers in perfect bloom. Hanging bridges that span across small lakes. We have such a place in Houston. And it's open to the public.
Every ...
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3 Steps To Overflow WITH Thankfulness
It's Friday before Thanksgiving in the US. In less than a week, most of here will gather with friends and family to celebrate what the Pilgrims began in 1621--thankfulness for the harvest and the blessings of the previous year.
Are you feeling it, though? Do you overflow with thankfulness? ...
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Filled WITH Awe And Wonder
What makes you stop in your tracks--in wonder and awe?
A newborn baby?
A perfectly shaped Hibiscus bloom?
A masterpiece at your fine arts museum?
A piece of music with words that fit the musical progression perfectly?
A book or a movie with a story line that leaves you breathless?
Sunrises ...
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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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![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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