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God doesn’t mind wrestling with us as long as we ultimately submit to His will in the end. His plan for our life is more significant than our own plans. He knows what will sustain us better than we know. Isaac dies. Once more the death of a patriarch
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God, in His wisdom, allows us to navigate past the ploys of the world as we put our trust in Him. He is in control, but the world would like to wrestle control from Him. He is the gracious source of all we have, and the world would like to
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There is a great blessing to God’s ability to use life to pull us along when grief seeks to take over. During grief, life looks bleak. It can be hard to see through grief. If we are not careful, we can get lost in the pain of grief. Grief
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God is more than willing to give us space to wrestle with Him. He’s a big God; He can take it. His truth is significant enough to take our criticism. His ways are great enough to encompass our deviation from the plan. He welcomes us, flaws and all. At
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God will work with our imperfections to bring about His glorious will. This is a fact for which we are all grateful. However, this can also be a major stumbling block. It’s easy to understand how God can use people with relatively minor sin in their life. What can
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When small pockets of sin infiltrate our life, it festers and grows until drastic measures are needed. I think of sin like I think of mold. Sin, just like mold, is all around us. By the time we see the issue, it’s already a big deal and usually needs
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If we get the small decisions correct, it is much easier to avoid larger sin when it comes along. Children learn this lesson at a young age. One little lie needs covering, so we tell another lie. Soon the lies are too big to manage, the lies become unbelievable, and
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Our decisions often lead to circumstances we didn’t intend to produce. It is the nature of life. We cannot ever know the full fruit of our choices, which is why we walk with God in His ways. God can know all things; if we walk with Him, we trust
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We all have seasons where our relationship with God is deep and other seasons where the relationship is shallow. Life gets busy and it is hard to make time for God. Life slows down and we find space to focus more upon God. Regardless of the season of life we
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Forgiveness is always easier when we see how God’s hand in our own life makes life greater. God is gracious to us in many circumstances, allowing us to have what we do not deserve. Understanding what life feels like under God’s grace makes it easier to extend that
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We are all at our best when we cling to God. This is another platitude that passes easily through the lips but is hard to live out in practice. How often do I profess to follow God yet try to solve my own problems! Learning to let go of control
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In difficult times, life is best lived following God’s plan rather than trying to solve our own problems. That feels like a platitude. Of course God’s way is better than our way! The problem is that in life, we don’t always do what we know to be