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Recently my “quiet times” in the morning have

Recently my “quiet times” in the morning have felt a little unsatisfying. Sometimes I pray through my requests, read a Psalm or a devotional, sit still and invite God to be with me for…maybe 30 seconds…then I check that box and move on with my day.

I’ve realized it’s not enough for me. And I’m pretty sure it’s not what God wants either. I feel Him calling me to more. More meditation on His Word, REALLY listening for Him to guide, direct, reveal, whisper deep in my heart. I want to know God. Colossians 1:10

There was a monk who lived in France in the 1600’s. His name was Brother Lawrence. He spoke about the deep things of God in very simple terms, and his teachings were transcribed by fellow monks and compiled into a Christian Classic called "The Practice of the Presence of God". He said:

Let all that we seek to do be to know GOD: the more you know Him, the more you will desire to know Him. As 2 Peter 3:18 tells us, we have been called and chosen to know Him, “… but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”

If you’ve never made it a priority to spend time with God, I want to encourage you to devote a piece of your day to get “up close and personal” with our Loving God. It helps to set a specific time and place.

Start with 10 minutes. A few minutes of prayer, a few minutes of bible reading, and finish with some time of sitting quietly before the Lord. It won’t be long before you look forward to those precious moments with a merciful Savior.

Maybe you’ve already developed a quiet time discipline. If so, I urge you to go deeper by focusing on more time of stillness in His presence. Listen intently for His voice and direction through the Holy Spirit.

I challenge you to join me in developing a consistent time of “practicing the presence of God” through Bible study, prayer, and quietly listening for God’s voice.

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10 NIV

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Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so

Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before a dispute breaks out. Proverbs 17:14

I’m not who I used to be. Although I accepted Ch

I’m not who I used to be. Although I accepted Christ at a young age and had times of being close to God, most of the time I just wanted to live my own life.

I look back on my high school and college years in particular, I feel guilt and regret over some choices I made. I didn’t have a great reputation because of some of those poor decisions. If you asked someone from those days to describe me, “wild, selfish, reckless, underachiever” might be some of the descriptions.

But God never gave up on me. And when I finally decided to stop living for myself, He was right there ready to take me in and make me into something new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

In Genesis, we read about Jacob. He had a bad reputation too. His name even meant “heel grabber, deceiver”. He stole the family birthright and blessing from his own twin brother, Esau. Then he ran away to escape his past and stayed away for a long time.

When he finally came back to see his father again before he died, he was afraid of what Esau would want to do to him. The day before he arrived where Esau was, Genesis 32 tells us that he was alone in his tent and he wrestled all night with a man (spoiler alert: it was God). In the end, Jacob won the struggle and the “man” dislocated Jacob’s hip so he would always have a reminder of that night and how he prevailed. At that time Jacob was also given a new name:

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” Gen 32:28 NIV

I have been given a new name like Jacob (Israel). I am so thankful that God wrestled with me and didn’t let go of me until He changed my name forever. From the outside, the change wasn’t immediately visible. But my desire to please God became stronger and my desire to please myself diminished. I thank God every day that He didn’t give up on me.

Maybe you have been living life your own way. Maybe you carry guilt from choices you have made in the past. If you will surrender your past to Him and ask forgiveness, God can save you in an instant and use the rest of your life to make you into the woman He created you to be.

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Don't dig up in DOUBT what you planted in FAITH.

Don't dig up in DOUBT what you planted in FAITH.

So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; a

So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:7

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HAPPY EASTER!! He isn’t here! He is risen from

HAPPY EASTER!!

He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen.
Matthew 28:6

'Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering

'Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. '

Isaiah 53:4-6

Jesus told his disciples, “As you know, the Pas

Jesus told his disciples,
“As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
Matthew 26:2

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