Do you stress over reading your bible? Maybe you always feel behind in your reading plan? Or do you read and still feel dry and distant from God? Me too, but I think that is shame from the enemy rather than a pang of holy guilt. The response we saw to overcoming our fear and […]
Tag: Spiritual Fasting
What is Spiritual Fasting? How do you fast and pray? Is there a right or wrong way to Fast? Come read more about what the Bible Says about Fasting.
8 Ways You Can Abide in Christ to Be Still Every Day
How long have you been saved? It’s been 30+ years for me. There are days and weeks and months and years when I feel dry and far from God. I used to think that Spiritual dry seasons were a normal part of Christianity. Inevitable. You just ride it out and wait for the joy to […]
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How to Respond When God Says to Be Still
When life is hard how do you respond? Do you turn away from God, isolate yourself and try to push through? Or do you lean into God and pray as if your life depends on it? Maybe you fall somewhere in between like I do. Then God answers with an unexpected phrase. As I’ve wrestled […]
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How to Declutter Your Life from Fear
Fear is Spiritual Clutter. Have you ever thought about it that way? We’ve worked our way through 12 ways to Be Still and finished applying 13 Promises to help us Overcome Fear. The theme God has repeated over and over again is Trust. To Trust God, I have to declutter my life from the fear […]
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To Be Still Rejoice in the Great Things God Has Done
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love. I can so relate to the words of that old hymn. Do you tend to wander from God? It is a normal habit in Christendom. We come to Christ, broken and weak. God heals us and fixes our mess. Life comes […]
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When You Are Afraid Trust in God’s Adoption to Be Still
What are you afraid of today? Rejection. Conflict. Poverty. Loneliness. Those are some of my fears. God is teaching me to Be Still in the midst of my fears. The fear feels real, but as you claim the Promises of God, they begin to fall away. Did you know that God has adopted you into […]
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To Be Still Know That God Covers Our Shame
Are there things in your life that bring shame and guilt? Whew, if you could see inside my closet you might close the page. Yes, there have been a lot of hard things in my past, but there have also been a great many hard things I’ve caused. Guilt and shame live just a bad […]
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To Be Still Know That God Redeems and Names You
How often do you mess up? I mean, royally fall flat on your bum kind of messing up. Last year? Last week? Yesterday? For me it was just a few minutes ago. This life is far from perfect and I mess up and fail God daily. Does that disqualify me from serving Him? Is my […]
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To Be Still in Hard Times Know God Is Your Strength
What do you turn to for strength when times are hard? We know the church answer is God, but let’s take off the mask and be real with each other. I turn to food for comfort, books for wisdom and myself for strength far more often that I look to God. The Bible calls that […]
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Failure and God: Advice to Be Still and Not Fear
Are we allowed to talk about Failure and God as Christian? I feel like this topic is a bit taboo. God is good, God is great and that is where we are supposed to focus. But what happens when God fails you? Or what do you say when you fail God? Do we hide the […]
