Jesus was preaching in the synagogue about the kingdom of God (Luke 13) when his eyes fell on a disabled woman. She’d been stooped over, completely unable to straighten herself, for eighteen long years. Beautifully, she had not neglected worshipping her creator in the temple with God’s people. Imagine the scene with me. In compassion, Jesus called her to himself, saying,…
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Weeping with Those Who Weep – A Ministry of Presence
Weep with those who weep. The command Paul gives in Romans 12:15 (ESV) is in the the larger context of his instruction to believers to offer their bodies as living sacrifices, which is their spiritual act of worship (Romans 12:1). He continues, admonishing them to let their love be sincere (Romans 12:9), and details the various forms sincere love may…
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You, the Answer to Someone’s Prayer
In proverbs 31, the mother of King Lemuel, likely King Solomon, calls him the answer to her prayers as she implores him to listen to wisdom. How precious to be the answer to someone else’s prayer, their deep longing poured out to God as a request, perhaps many times over. The notion that perhaps I could be the answer to…
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Four Years of House Arrest for Afghan Women
I remember being on lockdown in Afghanistan, usually triggered by a violent event – a shooting, an IED explosion, or a kidnapping. Expats would confine themselves to the walls of their own homes for weeks, moving only when absolutely necessary. At one point, lockdowns were happening so frequently without breaks in between that I felt like I was under house…
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Otherworldly Wisdom, Ours for the Asking
If you had a superpower, would you use it? What if you could fly or become invisible? Or walk through walls or time travel? It’s not even a question, right? What if I told you that you DO have a superpower? Otherworldly wisdom. This supernatural wisdom comes from Heaven and is both a superpower and your birthright as a believer. What…
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Fear of man and Amazon reviewers
I knew something was holding me back, keeping me from releasing my words into the world. Then God put a finger on it: fear of man. In her blog for writers, Kristen Lamb mentions an author whose book was rated a three-star rating by an Amazon reviewer because it was not Jimmy Dean sausages. Argh. For writers, rejection and criticism…
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