Tag: relationship with God
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Quietude
Did you ever just seek quietude? Huh? What’s the difference between solitude and quietude? God knows.
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Community
As as community of God we live and die together… For Katy Price and all who have lost loved ones in the last ones this year.
Jo Bower (Randall)
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I’m Still Here!
What does God have to do to get your attention?
Jo Bower (Randall)
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I Deserve This
Deuteronomy 9:4 When the Lord has done this for you, don’t say in your hearts, “The Lord has given us this land because we are such good people!” This concept came up in a Bible study lately. We get to the point where we feel we deserve a certain level of God’s blessings. We forget God’s grace comes from His compassion.
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Searching For Good
This proverb caught my eye in its contrast between the way good and evil behaves toward people. Good holds out rewards, while evil sucks us in. Proverbs 11:27 If you search for good, you will find favor: but if you search for evil, it will find you. What if good (people, churches, institutions) rushed out to ‘suck in’ people who are looking for good like evil rushes out to ‘suck in’ anyone who goes looking for evil?
Jo Bower (Randall)
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Missing The Point – On Purpose
Sometimes we miss the point of Christianity, God, the Bible, and what God calls us to be. And sometimes we do it on purpose to keep from having to face things we’d rather not change, or fix attitudes and beliefs we’d rather God not challenge.
Jo Bower (Randall)
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Life Is an Echo
I often wondered if all this peace and good I scatter as I go through life really has any impact. But I’ve learned just as one person in a work place can make it miserable for everyone else, one person who spreads joy can have the opposite effect.
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Life’s Symbol
A scientist’s statement about the Bible’s science being dependable sent me down a whole new line of thought. He found Lev. 17:11 to be confirmation for his search. “The life of a creature is in its blood.” And we know it as symbolic and reality today.
Jo Bower (Randall)
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Beyond Ritual
Are rituals boring? Have no meaning? Every wonder why? I realized the rituals weren’t to blame. I’m the one who needs to rediscover the richness of the things around me.
Jo Bower (Randall)
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Just One Little Whine?
Sometimes all I want is permission to whine a little. Not much…. just a little. and I ask God, Can’t I have just one little whine?
Jo Bower (Randall)
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