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  • Praying the Names of God – – – Bright Morning Star

    Praying the Names of God – – – Bright Morning Star

    Some nice insights here from author Ann Spangler……….. https://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/prayingnamesgod/praying-the-names-of-god-march-21.html

  • What Does the Bible Say about Overthinking?

    What Does the Bible Say about Overthinking?

    I tend to do this a lot and it is never really helpful! From Crosswalk.com…………… https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-does-the-bible-say-about-overthinking.html

  • What Are Some Practical Ways to Handle Stress?

    What Are Some Practical Ways to Handle Stress?

    Stress can be quite debilitating but by exercising some tactics and different mindsets, it can be managed. From Crosswalk.com………… https://www.crosswalk.com/church/pastors-or-leadership/ask-roger/what-are-some-practical-ways-to-handle-stress.html

  • Encouragement for Battling Spiritual Depression

    Encouragement for Battling Spiritual Depression

    I see spiritual depression as a sadness and anxiety over one’s perceived lack of spiritual growth. But this article explains how we can overcome these feelings through a proper view of Christ’s work on the cross and how it is applied to our lives. From Beautiful Christian Life………….. https://www.beautifulchristianlife.com/blog/encouragement-for-battling-spiritual-depression

  • Follow Jesus’s Manual for Living — Dallas Willard

    Follow Jesus’s Manual for Living — Dallas Willard

    Follow Jesus’ Manual Jesus told us explicitly what to do. We have a manual, just like the car owner. He told us, as disciples, to make disciples. Not converts to Christianity, nor to some particular “faith and practice.” He did not tell us to arrange for people to “get in” or “make the cut” after…

  • God Invites Us into His Happiness

    God Invites Us into His Happiness

    Author Randy Alcorn believes happiness has gotten a bad rap from Christians because it is somehow unspiritual. But is not God a happy God? From Eternal Perspectives Ministries………. https://www.epm.org/blog/2022/Nov/21/invites-happiness

  • Your Tears Have Good Company

    Your Tears Have Good Company

    This is a really beautiful review and application of a most wonderful and very spiritual verse in the Bible: “Jesus wept.” From The Ploughman’s Rest…………….. https://ploughmansrest.com/blog/2022/11/14/your-tears-have-good-company?utm_source=pocket_saves

  • Faith Based on True Knowledge of God

    Faith Based on True Knowledge of God

    The central teachings of the Christian religion, such as those of the Apostles’ Creed, were from the beginning presented and accepted as knowledge—knowledge of what is real and what is right. That is why they had the transforming effect they did on a world dead set against them. Indeed, the biblical tradition as a whole…

  • Lead by Example, Even if You Stumble – – – Dallas Willard

    Lead by Example, Even if You Stumble – – – Dallas Willard

    Lead by example, even if you stumble The ultimate apologetic—that is to say, the ultimate lifter of doubt—is the believer acting in faith in an interactive life with God. That’s it. People need to see individuals living in daily interaction with the kingdom of the heavens: praying and saying. If we want to really attack…

  • 8 Godly Men of the Bible Who Still Needed a Savior

    8 Godly Men of the Bible Who Still Needed a Savior

    Just a reminder that no matter how great our works for God are, we are all in need of the accomplished work of Christ. From Beautiful Christian Life………. https://www.beautifulchristianlife.com/blog/8-godly-men-of-the-bible-who-still-needed-a-savior