bethlehem, change, Indwelling, Jesus, Oswald Chambers

Is My Life a Bethlehem?

Put God’s Son First. “Whoever receives one little child like this in my name receives Me” (Matthew 18:5). God came as a baby, giving and entrusting Himself to me. He expects my personal life to be a “Bethlehem.” Am I allowing my natural life to be slowly transformed by the dwelling life of the Son of God? God’s ultimate purpose …

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blessing, dreams, goals, heaven, Jesus, journey, Pslams, satisfied

Are you on a pilgrimage?

How lovely is your dwelling place,O Lord Almighty!My soul yearns and even faints,for the courts of the Lord;my heart and my flesh cry outfor the Living God. Even the sparrow has found ahome, Google Images and the swallow a nest for herself,where she may have her young–a place near your altar,O Lord Almighty, my King and my God. Blessed are those …

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divorce, Jesus, purpose, Samaritan woman, shame

My Heart Hurts for Misunderstood Biblical Characters

A few weeks ago we visited our son who is going to college at NC State. It was his birthday which just happened to fall on a Sunday, so we went to church with him and took him to lunch. I don’t remember the context in the sermon, but the preacher referred to the sin of the “promiscuous” Samaritan woman …

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