Tag: identity
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Each Has Received A Gift
Praying, painting, and parenting are ministries, too. Give your gifts to God and see what He can do! “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who served by the strength…
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Introvert…by Design
“I praise you , for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well” (Psalm 139:14). This one is for the quiet ones, the thinkers, the ones who love and connect deeply yet find their deepest inspiration in stolen moments of solitude. You are not a mistake, my…
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Quiet, Not Disqualified
“With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone” (Proverbs 25:15). Quiet doesn’t mean disqualified in God’s kingdom. A quiet and calm spirit is powerful, too. Don’t let anyone make you doubt the value of your small, simple soul in the hands of our loving, limitless God. Until next…
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Keep Shining
“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light” (Luke 8:16). You do not have to blaze big and bright to serve God. A candle in the dark can be as beautiful…
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The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved
“When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby…” (John 19:26a). In the gospel of John, John repeatedly referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23; John 19:26; John 20:2; John 21:7; John 21:20). For a long time, I didn’t understand what John was saying. Was he claiming…
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“Becoming” in Christ
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; hold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Our faith as Christians isn’t an external belief—it is a new identity. It is a change that is wrought from the inside out. The moment we place our faith in…
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Whatever You Do
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Do you teach? Teach with love and pray for your students. Let them see Jesus in you. Do you sing, dance, or paint? Let your creativity pour forth in praise. Do you work in an…
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From Broken to Beautiful: We All Have a Story
“Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me all that I ever did’” (John 4:39). I may be the owner of a small, simple soul, but I am also a vessel of the Holy Spirit of our loving, limitless God. I may feel I have nothing to offer God, but…
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When You Feel Unworthy for What You Haven’t Done
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ” (Colossians 3:23-24, emphasis added). To the one feeling unworthy today, not because of anything you have done, but perhaps because of what you…
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We All Have a Story to Tell
“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with out eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with out hands, concerning the word of life” (1 John 1:1). Because of Jesus, I have a story to tell. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which…