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Morning Stretch and Praise Break
Physical activity has been absent from my life. This morning, I decided to change that beginning with a walk, and a stretch and praise break. Covid-19 isn’t to blame. Over the last seven months I’ve rarely left the house and when I do, it is in a car. When I lived in New York City, leaving home meant walking at least a mile a day, which would have been to/from subway stations, underground, up/down stairs, etc. Most work days meant five miles minimum by the end of the day. Some days I would grab a #Citibike for my eight mile commute – which took about as long as the subway…
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Living without permission
Choosing to grant myself permission to live on my own terms. Deciding to embrace the fear of doing such even as I continue to forge ahead. For a spell now, I’ve been bombarded with examples on why living without permission is so important for our overall well-being.
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No hero is coming to save me.
My whole life has been marked by stories of heroes with superhuman powers. I grew up with Christopher Reeves’ Superman and Margot Kidder’s Lois Lane. A line that has walked with me throughout my life was delievered by Lois after Superman caught her after a fall from a skyscraper, “You’ve got me, but who’s got you?” Every time I meditate on this line, the same thought comes to me: “You may have saved me but who’s gonna save you?”
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“God Will Save Me”
Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned. When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”
- Acceptance and Love, Desert of Solitude: Refreshed by Grace, Gentleness, Get Up & Walk, On the Road, Spirit Harvest
A week of prayer, fasting and protest
Jesus didn't come to tell us how horrible we are. He's not about condemnation. Jesus is love.
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Devotional: A Lost Son Found
A person is not saved by a good heritage nor condemned by a bad one; faith is more important than genealogy. Jesus still loves to bring the lost into his kingdom, no matter what their background or previous way of life. Through faith, the lost can be forgiven and made new.
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ACAD – Rejected: Psalm 78
Recap of Gods history with Jacob and his children and God's actions against Israel for their complaints and rejection of Him and His Word. "In spite of all this they still sinned; they did not believe in his wonders. So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror."
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ACAD: Psalm 35
ACAD: Psalm 35 Lord, battle with those who battle with me. Fight against those who fight against me. Pick up the shield and armor. Rise up and help me. Lift up your spears, both large and small, against those who chase me. Tell me, “I will save you.”
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ACAD – Giving Thanks: Isaiah 51
I, yes I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear? Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone!
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You speak either truth or falsehood.
God says that He will fight our battles, but He also calls us to be present for the battles. We have to physically prepare. He does not send us into battle unprepared which means we will have many skirmishes. We have to show up. We can't fight if we aren't present. We have to believe – have faith – that He will deliver us as victors in the battles He has placed us in. Without faith it is impossible to please God, ergo to do anything for Him (Hebrews 11:6). If we choose not to show up, not to prepare, not to believe, then we have removed ourselves from the…
