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Redemption of ordinary life Prayer, spiritual discipline, and unity with God Christian | Mom of 2 | Wife of 1 I also talk about AI 👉 @machsci.bsky.social
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May the Lamb receive the reward of His suffering Starting with me youtu.be/NSXZ3oFJiYI?...

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Suffering is sacred and so is joy

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If I only offer the overflow of my heart in prayer to God, but not the rights to change my heart, I shouldn’t be surprised prayer doesn’t have an effect.

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There are more types of prayers than “talking to Jesus like he’s your friend” part 1

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Cultivate a way of being with God that doesn’t feed — or feed on — ambition

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How my New Year’s resolutions for Bible study went wrong, pt 1!

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Merry Christmas to all those who don’t celebrate but would still welcome sincere wishes for their peace and flourishing.

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When you pray, which direction do you look most often? Backward, inward, outward, or forward?

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To experience deeper abiding in Christ, I had to teach myself to imagine God’s love. I started by dwelling on the highest love I have ever known for or from someone. Then I imagined that love coming from God to me, and going from me to God. He loves you — and you love Him — at least that much.

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1: Shepherds

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Squeezing a new hobby in under the wire for Advent!

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Don’t withhold from your inner child the good thing that it craves because you, when you were that child, had to go without

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The thing about reading poetry is that for a long time you feel like everyone else is in on something that you are not, and you try to hide it. And then you discover that you were right, and the thing everyone else is in on is that there’s nothing to be in on, and then you try to hide that too.

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Don’t brush off that non-Christians can sense when they’re with a Christian who takes Jesus seriously.

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I thought spiritual discipline was living like Jesus lived. But it’s actually living like Jesus would have lived if he had been born as you

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Pick a movie. Keep one actor. The rest are played by muppets. The Matrix. Keeping Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith.

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The redemption of ordinary life

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Sometimes, those most likely to harp on how sinful we are miss the other side of sanctification, a truth every bit as life-changing: You don’t realize the pervasiveness of Christ’s holiness in you. A Christian living by the Spirit does far more good than he or she even realizes.

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Hey if you didn’t know Protestants are suddenly getting interested in liturgical and corporate prayer

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I fully did not expect smell becoming an important part of my prayer life — has this ever happened to anyone? Any recommendations for things that smell…I don’t know, sacred?

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Ignatius ate my Bible

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The freedom of not being attached to whether someone responds to my text quickly or at all 🦋 ✨ ✋🤚

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