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What is this about? “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 ESV “When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts.”-LaoContinue reading “Blind Spots and Button-Pushing”

Your Thoughts Are Life “For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, ‘Eat and drink!’ But his heart is not with you.” Proverbs 23:7 NASB “In every adversity, there lies a seed of an equivalent advantage. Every defeat is a lesson, showing you how to win next time.” Robert CollierContinue reading “Thoughts Determine Our Lives”

“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’” Matthew 22:34 NIV “When people hurt us, it helps us to learn how to let go of wanting them to love us. It helps us to learn how to love purely.”― Donna Goddard, Love’sContinue reading “Disordered Love”

You Have Them! “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him, nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”Continue reading “Words of Life”

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 ESV “Hospitality is not to change people but to offer them space where change can take place.” Henri Nouwen. Homecoming is a bigContinue reading “Home is Where the Heart is?”

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 NIV “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ― Thomas Edison Failure is bad. No, it isn’t. It just feels awful!Continue reading “Failure: The Way to Success”

“For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints…” 1 Corinthians 14:33 NASB “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion to clarity. It can turn a mealContinue reading “Confusion”

“But even if you should suffer for righteousness sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled…” 1 Peter 3:14 ESV “Do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you.” ― Rupi Kaur We will be hurt by someone we love. We will hurt someone we love.Continue reading “When Someone Hurts You”