Tag: Trust
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Friday was Good!
Hans Holbein (the younger), detail of ‘The Passion’ Altarpiece (1524-25), oil on limewood, Kunstmuseum, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland. In John’s Gospel we move from Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer directly to the Garden of Gethsemane. You’ll observe some different emphases between John’s Gospel and the Synoptics regarding Jesus’ trails, crucifixion, and resurrection. For example, we see…
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Craving Comfort Food
Researchers at the University of Illinois suggest that most of us crave comfort food when we want to reward ourselves for a job well done. We might turn to comfort foods for other reasons—a fight with someone close to us, a bad day, even an exceptionally good day—but the psychology behind comfort food is consistent:…
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Trusting God
The key to trusting God is to know him.To know his character and his heart.To know he is competent and that he has your best in mind ALWAYS! Wow real trust seek God and the intimate relations he wishes to have with us. How do you do that? The first way to get to know…
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Genealogy 1866
I love finding facts about relatives long gone and possibly forgotten. Recently Charles Geronzin who served in Civil War. He was a musician who served in Indiana and Ohio Infantry between 1861 and 1865. I know little but he came to US in 1854 and married and had daughter Ann in 1855. He left Denmark…
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Wandering – Week 3 – Faith Bible Study
I am sitting in church and I begin to think about the work week or something else I want to do. I find my self wandering away from my work at times to think of home life or struggles in my life. Wandering is common for most humans. We sometimes consider a new direction we’d…
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Spiritual Forgiveness
Spiritual Forgiveness Researchers have found that the word forgiveness is most frequently used by people who seek to have their sins forgiven by God. You do not have to be religious to see the value forgiveness or to deal with the hurts of your life experiences. As a believer of God and his son Jesus…
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Psalm 25
This week I am reflecting on my favorite verses. This book saved me from despair. In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. 2 I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 3 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame,…
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Trust in the Midst of Illness
OK here is where we get real… In the Midst of Illness we trust. I find it easier to look at life here as a place we pass through. We will have a place that is better then our life on earth could ever be. The example of Tony Snow was a good example of…
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The God Who Mends
Our Loving God will fix what’s broken, heal what’s wounded, rebuild what’s destroyed, cure what’s diseased, mend what’s torn, and raise what’s dead. I love this section because we can take it in so many ways, but I believe God wants us to read it and see ourselves and God more fully, more real.…
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Hedging Our Bets with God + gods at war
Do you know what you believe is true? Do you believe it with your whole heart and soul? Elijah demands that the people stand, define the choice for what it is, and name their path. Choose God or Baal – the people were silent. In the middle of a drought they didn’t want to make…