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Advent Devotional: Christmas Day
“These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow.” John 15:11 ESV When we think of all the things Jesus said, everything from…
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- Encouraging Others
- Identity In Christ
- Misc
- Pointing others to God
- Prayer
- Relationships
- Shame & Shame-based identity
Addiction
Someone told me once I had an addictive personality. We were discussing weight at the time. I was taken back. I knew I loved food, I was a “foodie” in my soul. But I never really thought I was an addict. But today as I was arguing with God about writing about addiction, He showed…
Resentment
The true definition of resentment is “bitter indignation of having been treated unfairly.” We all suffer resentment from time to time. Some resentments take root deep into your heart. While others are just for a moment. If you are an only child you have not experienced a sibling resentment. Even if you, as parents, believe…
Friends
There is a Michael W. Smith song “Friends” that I listened to often while I was in college. The chorus is “And Friends are friends forever, If the Lord’s the Lord of them, And I friend will not say never , ‘Cause the welcome will not end…” Have you ever met someone and felt and…
Hymns
Growing up in the Baptist church, I loved going thru the Hymnal. Mainly because the sermon did not interest me. I liked reading the words, not really understanding their meaning. My Mother sang Alto, her Father sang Tenor, and his Mother also sang Alto. One of our former Minister or Music, lived down the street…
Grief
Twenty-three and Eleven are not just random numbers. The first number, 23, is when I became an only child. The second number is when I became an orphan. My parents died 30 days apart and even though my Dad died in 2008, he stopped living the day my Mother died. God just granted him his…
Weight
We are obsessed with weight. If someone is skinny, they hear “You’re Anorexic!” If they are cubby, they hear “You could stand to lose a few pounds.” I have heard both statements and both hurt. So the hidden message is I’m not loveable unless I gain or lose weight. Ouch! Mirrors were not a friend…
Rain
I saw you roll your eyes at the very mention of the word, rain. I love a simple rain shower. It brings out the child buried within me. My brother and I played in the rain as kids. It was actually a storm and there were small pieces of hail mixed in with the rain.…
