Category: Meditation
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I recently passed a restaurant and saw the following on its marquee: “When ‘I’ is changed to ‘we’ illness becomes wellness.” I felt myself smile as the thought sunk into my heart. What a lovely and comforting sentiment! One of the first things that was shared with me when I was learning about recovering from…
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God Listens
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” – John 11:41-42 (NIV) Jesus spoke these…
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Pray the Real
“And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” – Matthew 6:7-8 (NIV) God will not answer my prayers unless I pray the right way,…
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What About Joseph?
This Christmas, I have been thinking a lot about Joseph. Nobody really talks about him much. At Christmas Eve church services, we most often hear about the miracle of a virgin birth, and the strength and faith of Mary. Then, we sing and we praise and we rejoice in the greatest Gift the world has…
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He Came to Save
“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” – John 3:17 (NRSV) When I was growing up, the feeling I got from religion was guilt. I am not going to blame any one person for that message getting…
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He has all that I need…
Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” They replied, “We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.” And he said, “Bring them here to me.” – Matthew 14:16-18 (NRSV) This story from the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus feeds a crowd of five thousand people…
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The Circle
“Make no mistake about this…you are the answer. We’ve got God and one another, and that’s the way it always has been, and that’s the way it still is today.” – Phil Berrigan I am the answer. You are the answer. God is the answer. Yesterday, as I wrote my letter to God, sharing with…
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Distractions
“I don’t think Satan wants to destroy us; I think he wants to distract us.” – Bob Goff WOW! What a phenomenal speaker this Bob Goff is! I had the privilege of listening to his message recently when he served as a guest minister at Northpoint.org (the online component of Andy Stanley’s church – North…
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Shake the Dust Off and Move On
“And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave, as a testimony against them.” – Mark 6:11 (NIV) As Jesus sent his disciples out into the world to preach the Gospel, he directed them to take nothing with them but the clothes on…
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Be Clear
“We define codependency as being an effort to control interior feelings by manipulating people, things, and events on the outside.” – Copied from page 13 of Serenity: A Companion for Twelve Step Recovery, by Dr. Robert Hemfelt and Dr. Richard Fowler. There are many definitions of codependency out there. Even after significant study on the…