Tag: identity
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God Will Exult Over You With Singing!
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). Sometimes I think we approach God feeling like He has to love us because He is God. Like we…
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Joyfully Celebrated…by God
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). When my son was young, he was in a preschool performance for Mother’s Day. He was supposed to be…
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Becoming “Me”–through Christ
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another” (2 Corinthians 3:18). I am not who I once was. But I am more myself than ever before. How can that be? Our culture tends to emphasize how our life experiences shape and…
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Can God Really Use Someone Like Me?
“For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong” (1 Corinthians 1:26-27). In the…
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But Am I “Enough?”
“I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue” (Exodus 4:10). Sometimes being a quiet person in a noisy world can make us feel like outsiders. Sometimes we even feel that way in the church. Have you ever felt…
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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…