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Get Real: Living Free, Letting Go!

28Mar | 2014

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Jeremiah 17:5-14 paints a wonderful contrast between the person who trusts and depends on the man/self/the flesh for strength and the one who trusts in the Lord for his strength. Where we place our trust and where we find our strength affects so many aspects of our lives, including the sense of freedom and joy we experience.  Read through Jeremiah 17:5-14 and list the contrasts you see between these two.

We all have an independent nature about us that wants to have it “our way” and to control circumstances and people in our lives as we see fit —Scripture refers to it as our “flesh”.

The enemy loves to keep us independent and operating in our own strength…our flesh.  There are many tactics he employs to keep us focused on our self-sufficiency.  I’d like to focus on a few that we tend to struggle with as women: …continue reading

Filed Under: Get Real! Study Tagged With: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, busyness, controlling others, controlling situations, dependence, freedom, grace, Hebrews 4:16, identity, Jeremiah 17:5-14, perfectionism, strength, Super Woman Syndrome, weaknesses

Do You See What I See? Christmas from the Shepherds’ Perspective

9Dec | 2013

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Read: Luke 2:1-21

When reading this part of the Christmas story, I have to tell you, I can’t help but see the Charlie Brown Christmas special in my mind. I love that Charlie Brown quotes this passage of Scripture almost verbatim. What a great childhood memory for me!  And one we shared with our children as they were growing up. And…I still watch it every year!…

UPDATE: This devotional series is no longer available on the blog. Now available in print and ebook on Amazon. 

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Filed Under: Do You See What I See? Christmas Devotional Tagged With: acting on Good News, advent, advent activities, advent devotion, believing God, busyness, candy cane cards, candy cane cocoa, candy cane cookies, candy cane story, Christmas bustle, Christmas story, family advent devotion, fear, fearful times, gospel, Hebrews 13:6, Isaiah 41, Luke 12:7, Luke 2:1-21, One Silent Night, perspective, praising God, Psalm 118, Psalm 56, share, shepherds

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