Tag: strength
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Joy in the dark.
There are many pandemic days burned into the permanent section of my memory, including the day my phone buzzed with a text from my junior high daughter: “mom you have to come get me now.” Every muscle in my arm wanted to launch the phone across the room. I called, and she cried.
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Pray on the Armor of God.
More important than daily vitamins to protect our physical bodies are the pieces of God’s armor we can pray over our lives. “Pray always,” Paul writes, “Pray in the Spirit. Pray about everything in every way you know how!” (Ephesians 6:18 VOICE)
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Pulled Open & Slammed Shut.
Christ never pulls on us in a way that prematurely wears us out. Shame is NEVER from Jesus. He died to put shame to shame, to erase guilt. So when we’re feeling that way, it’s our lurking enemy and this broken world seeking to keep us from simply installing the right knobs and pulls in…
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The Super Strong Coffee (#jammed daily devo, day 82)
March #jammed: Grace Revealed. Day 82: Stronger than we can handle. “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 HCSB Coffee and me have this thing. And it’s growing …stronger. The process is getting lengthier. The time invested is stretching. Flavor is expounding on my taste buds, and now it’s an experience.…
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The Strength to Be Joyful
The voice outside the door was pretty routine. I had tried to steal a moment away to go to the bathroom, and fooled myself into thinking that shutting the door would signal the little people in the house to allow me a moment of privacy. (Bah. Ha. Ha.) God’s sense of humor never ceases to amaze me, and…
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