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Be Brave, Dear One

[dropcaps type='circle' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]’m currently studying the book of John and all its goodness. The theme of bravery is everywhere! Just look at the woman at the well (John 4), the diseased man by the pool (John 5), and the man born with blindness (John 9) – after their supernatural experiences with Jesus, they all walk away changed! They begin to tell the world around them that they have been healed and they no longer bear the shame of their past.   Having an encounter with Jesus makes us brave!   And not only brave, but unashamed of Who has healed us! These...

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Hope Deferred and the Art of a Good Story  

  [dropcaps type='circle' color='' background_color='' border_color='']P[/dropcaps]racticed readers know that a story is as good as its first chapter, sometimes its first paragraph. To understand our story within the arc of God’s narrative, the concept doesn’t change: we look to the beginning of the story to understand its end.   In the first book of the Bible, we meet a seventeen-year-old Joseph who has just revealed two dreams he received from the Lord, which prophesy of his unique calling. This news rouses his older brothers’ jealousy. They, in turn, sell him into slavery, which is the means by which Joseph fulfills his prophetic dream and...

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Grace and the Good Girl

“What I believe about God is the most important thing about me.” –A.W. Tozer   Legalism Strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit; the doctrine that salvation is gained through good works; the judging of conduct in terms of adherence to precise law (dictionary.com).     When the woman caught in adultery met Jesus, she must have felt more exposed than she already was. She stood before God incarnate, knowing she had sinned. She assumed her fate was sealed: her last sight would be of stones careening toward her; her last sensation would...

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