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See You At the Top
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways higher than my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts that your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 “God, I do not understand what You’re doing here.” We have all said…
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Fashioned for Dependence: Confessing Our Need
“If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place.” -Exodus 33:15 We had recently returned to the states after two years overseas that had challenged and depleted me. I was standing at the campground altar in Kerrville, Texas at the end of the Leading Ladies retreat in 2018. I was weary.…
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Fashioned for Dependence: Losing Myself
Home. Security. Familiarity. Proximity to family and friends. Comfort. Those things I knew I would lose when we made the decision to move overseas. One thing I didn’t expect to lose? My identity. It’s my own fault. Growing up in our productivity-driven western culture, for most of my life my identity had been seamlessly woven into what I…
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Fashioned for Motherhood: Growing Up Also
When the kids leave home, we’ve got to decide what do do with the time we have left.
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Fashioned for Motherhood: Letting Go and Dealing with Disappointment
After only three months of intense mothering, Jochebed built a basket and set her baby adrift.
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Fashioned for Motherhood: Brief But Pivotal
Sleepy petitions over our baby’s downy head ultimately make a difference in their destiny.
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Fashioned for Motherhood: Expectation
Moses was most likely loved and wanted, but going through with the pregnancy included a high cost for his mother. This is still true today: to carry a child from conception to birth and beyond is to open your heart up to tremendous risk.
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Living The Adventure
Fashioned by God: Living The Adventure “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10 NLT) This has been an incredible month. We started our Fashioned by God theme by talking about how we can consistently…
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Living By Faith
Fashioned by God: Living By Faith “16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will…
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Living Without Fear
Fashioned by God: Living Without Fear “22 Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, ‘That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. 23 For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing. 24 Look at the ravens.…
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