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King David, the Threshing Floor, and Me
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I identify greatly with King David in this season of my life….how he goes from being a “man after God’s own heart” to being a disobedient wretch and back again. This cycle seems to happen with him over and over again throughout his life. Just read through the Psalms. Most of them start with…
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On Pride and the Chisel
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The chisel. Merriam-Webster defines it as “a metal tool with a flat, sharp end that is used to cut and shape a solid material (such as stone, wood, or metal)”. The chisel. God defines it as the tool He uses to break the hardened, stone-cold-dead parts off of His people, in order to refine us and make us…
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What Does Absolute Surrender to Jesus Look Like?
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Sometimes the smallest things can trigger the biggest spiritual revelations… well, for me, at least. This is how God talks to me. I call them GODSLAPS – where I’m just going along, minding my own business when BAM!…something knocks me upside the head with its weighty Biblical truth. The name makes it sound like…
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Seasons on the Banks: the Lesson in the Falls
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The other day, I had a rare holiday off from work alone. I decided to use this time to assuage some wanderlust in me and ventured out to the local state park, which features a large waterfall, to do some hiking and enjoy the autumn season. Since it was about midday on a weekday,…
