Rejoicing Privately and Quietly In a world that often equates joy with outward expressions and celebrations, the concept of rejoicing privately and quietly offers a profound and deeply personal dimension to our spiritual lives. This quiet rejoicing is an intimate dance between the soul and its Creator, a private symphony ...
Read More »The Value of A Time To Be Quiet
It was a strange battle plan by any standards! Marching around the walls of the city. The priests blowing trumpets. According to our human logic, the entire assault was nonsensical, but that just goes to prove that God’s ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:9). They’re much better. . . ...
Read More »Hearing Voices? How to Discern God’s Voice
I’ve been a faithful exerciser for more than 20 years. Almost without fail, I have gone to a gym, grabbed the dumbbells at home, hit the pool, gone for a run, taken a class or jumped rope—six days a week. As such, I know what it means to “listen to ...
Read More »Learning to Speak Grown-up Words of Life
Talking is only one component of communication. Hearing, listening and understanding create words that have substance. Talking without listening is nothing more than verbal vomit. The Bible has much to say about our mouths and the words that pour out of them. God gave humanity the privilege of talking so ...
Read More »3 Things That Hinder Our Prayers
“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ” -John Bunyan If your life is anything like mine everyday seems more busy than ever before. It appears to drag us into multiple directions at once and it can be difficult to think ...
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