Live Free pt. 5: Finding Out Who You Are Not
If Jesus really sets us free, then why aren’t people living in freedom? They’re missing the biggest step in following Jesus. It’s time to figure out what’s holding us back from true freedom.
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2 Years Later: An Update on My Health
We usually re-live moments through our memories, but the problem with that is you have a different perspective as you look back on memories. I’ve been looking back through a lens of healing and growth and it has given me a rosier picture of my experience. What I wrote as I went through it all was real and raw—I had forgotten.
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How Does God See You Right Now?
The beauty about what Jesus accomplished through his death and resurrection is not just that he completely destroyed evil, it’s that he turned every evil thing into something good.
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3 Ways to Transform “Faith” from a Noun to a Verb
Faith is not for the faint of heart. It is no comfortable attribute we may seek to possess. It doesn’t belong scripted across a nice sign on our walls with no manifestation in our actions. Faith is dangerous. Faith does something.
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Products and Lifestyle Changes to Manage POTS
So, I will talk about all that I do to manage my POTS symptoms. All of these things have been small gifts given to me by someone who cares about people like me who deal with Dysautonomia.
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Stop Trying to Make Christianity Cool . . . Or Comfortable
Laying down our lives can’t be scheduled. It’s inconvenient and messy and unpredictable and confusing and difficult and beautiful. It requires sacrifice. It doesn’t look cool and it’s not comfortable.
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Be Weak: How to Live in Your Weakness
“There are a lot of things I can’t do anymore. I mourn the loss of these things. I feel the pain of the indefinite nature of my condition. But we don’t have to stay there.”
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Love Yourself Second: How to Love Others As Jesus Calls Us
What if we’ve grown up with this pervasive idea that we need to put ourselves first and look out for number 1, but God never intended for us to live or even think that way? What if our interpretation of “love your neighbor as yourself” is incredibly clouded by an American individualistic ideal that seeks to protect our lives and our possessions rather than trust God’s fulfilling love for us?
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Dealing with Guilt and Chronic Illness
Today, I slept in till 8:45, made some oatmeal, shared breakfast with my mom, did some yoga,...
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New Year, New Everything
“Uh oh” “What?” “Uh oh” “WHAT?” “Hold on. I’ll tell you in a second.” I ignored Justin’s sly smile...
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Identity Devotional Week 10: You Are an Image Bearer
Are you living in freedom when it comes to how you see yourself? Or do you carry around the heavy weight of insecurities that consume your mind and cripple your sense of worth? Many of us cognitively know that we were created in the image of God, but we struggle to live in the reality that accompanies that truth.
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Identity Devotional Week 9: You Are Chosen
God chose you. And he is still choosing you every day. You don’t have to get it all right to make sure he keeps choosing you. You can be rejected by other people, teams, roles, or jobs and in the end it doesn’t matter because the creator of the universe chose you before he even created the world.
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Identity Devotional Week 8: You Are a Child of God
You are a child of God. Why are you trying to earn the Father’s love?
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Identity Devotional Week 7: You Are Never Alone
You are never alone. And it’s not just because God is always with you.
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Identity Devotional Week 6: You Are Free
We often believe freedom can only be found when we are completely in charge of ourselves; following every whim, passion, and desire without any kind of hinderance or guilt to accompany our actions. But why don’t we get the freedom we chase when we try to live this way?
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