Category: Indwelling Christ
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The Beatdown: Runaway Expectations in the Life of a Pastor
Not. One. More. Thing. He was physically tired and emotionally spent. For four years he had done everything he knew to get the church growing again, but with no visible results. He no longer looked forward to preaching. Committee meetings had become gripe sessions. The mounting criticism of his leadership was withering to his soul.…
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Through Christ I Can
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” ~ Philippians 4:13 the abundant life is a constant internal supply flowing from the One who said He came to give it to the ones who would abandon their overloaded lives in order to walk with Him daily through a joyful union and a lingering…
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When Praying Gets Hard
“Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and NOT LOSE HEART…” ~ Luke 18:1 “For I want you to know what a great CONFLICT I have for you…” ~ Colossians 2:1 “Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always LABORING fervently for you in…
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What God Starts, God Finishes
“…being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 Does the Bible really say that? I was stunned sitting in that pew on a Sunday night… and deeply moved. A few months earlier I had been sitting…
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Rest in Christ
The secret of resting in Christ — and experiencing the peace He wants to give me in every circumstance — lies in abandoning myself into His control and care. I am not resting in Him if I am clinging to the illusion that I can manage my life, relegating Him to the role of a…