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Continue reading →: Ask for What God Most Wants for You (6 of 7)
This series is about knowing God, the creator, more deeply and being able to experience God more personally in your daily life. What do you ask God for when you pray? Most of us routinely ask God for help in one way or another—a very biblical, natural, and helpful practice.…
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Continue reading →: Drawing on the Past to Draw Near in the Present (5 of 7)
This series is about knowing God, the creator, more deeply and being able to experience God more personally in your daily life. In response to last week’s article, “Why we think God might love us,” one reader wrote, “I do not just want to know about God, I want to…
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Continue reading →: Why We Think God Might Love Us (4 of 7)
The series is about knowing God, the creator, more deeply and being able to experience God more personally in your daily life. What are you doing to know God and God’s love for you better? Answering this question is critical for the person who is seeking to know God’s will,…
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Continue reading →: Discernment—Where to Start?
How do you discern the will of God for your life? This is one of the most important spiritual questions to ask, yet one of the most difficult to answer. Just as you have to develop your own personal relationship with God, no one can do your discerning for you.…
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Continue reading →: Right-Size Your Fears!
Have you “right-sized” your fears, or are you letting them undermine your vision for your life and ministry? Imagine, for example, that your best friend is waiting for you just across the highway. The only way for you to see her (or him) is for you to cross the road…
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Continue reading →: Get Ready. Get Set. Get Going!
What do you want to do with God’s dreams and vision for your life? I was forced to answer this question at a much younger age than I ever imagined. I was 28 years old. My firstborn son had been born safely the day before. My wife and I were…
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Continue reading →: Praying on Purpose
Moon over Chartres Cathedral “Lord God, please help me to live fully to love deeply, and to give freely, so that all those I meet today may know and experience you through me.” Every morning, I pray this prayer to breathe new life into my mind and heart. The words…
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Continue reading →: Jesus, Help Me! (6 of 6)A series on accepting God’s love for us and portraying that love to others Getting hurt, or hurting others, can happen so easily. It might occur by accident, through neglect, or, sometimes, even on purpose. None of us is immune from being hurt by others, nor are we capable of…
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Continue reading →: One Way Love (5 of 6)
A series on accepting God’s love for us and portraying that love to others Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about the power and importance of love when loving doesn’t come easily or we’re not sure what to do—“Simply Love Them” (Dec. 21), “When Loving Gets Tough” (Jan. 4),…
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Continue reading →: A Harder Kind of Love: Forgiveness (4 of 6)
A series on accepting God’s love for us and portraying that love to others If loving others can be really hard sometimes, forgiving those who hurt us deeply can seem almost impossible at times. Yet, forgiving others is not optional for Christians, and is perhaps the greatest expression of agape…
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