grief, Word Wednesday

Lessons learned from David’s life: It’s okay to be mad at God when a loved one dies

  If you have time, read 1 Chronicles 13. It’s one of those painful stories in the Bible when God seems harsh. A man died because he touched the ark of God while moving it back to Jerusalem. His name was Uzzah. He was David’s friend, and when he died, David got mad at God. The Bible says that David …

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Bite of Bread, Uncategorized, worship

Bite of Bread: Intentional Worship

   When I cannot feel the faith of assurance, I live by the fact of God’s faithfulness. ~Matthew Henry David was one of God’s favorites. He wasn’t perfect. But God described him as a man after His own heart. [tweetability]Do we want to be people that chase after God’s own heart?[/tweetability] Yes please. I’ll take two. Okay, just one is all …

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Bite of Bread

Bite of Bread: Get Alone With God

  “Earnestly desire to get alone with God. If we neglect to do so, we not only rob ourselves of a blessing but rob others as well, since we will have no blessing to pass on to them. It may mean that we do less outward, visible work, but the work we do will have more depth and power.” ~L.B. …

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Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday: All the Fullness of Christ/ Pleroma

“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ who is the head over every power and authority.” (Colossians  2:9) I enjoy the Bite of Bread, the short weekly Bible Reading Plan I post every Monday. I know that for many of us, that’s all we have time for …

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