The immediate facts of the situation created turmoil. The unchanging truth about God created peace.
Category: Faith
Things about my personal faith in Jesus Christ
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Enduring Peace
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22 Mile Miracle
Don’t lose heart. Believe God. Trust His word. Keep moving. Keep walking. If Jesus spoke it, you can believe it.
Also, https://www.jordandanielchitwood.com/post/22-mile-miracle
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Happy ever after?
When we choose the new story, our storyline changes. It’s no longer just about who we are, and the moments that matter. It’s about seeking and finding Jesus in those moments—in the struggle–letting Him rewrite our past, present and future into a redemptive story of hope.
Perhaps we are focused on the wrong parts of the story’s ending. Resolution may look like unfinished business and unreconciled relationships. It may look like continued gray scale in so many aspects of life—in our sin, in our struggle, in our suffering. Resolution may look like more uncertainty in this temporary life and more certainty about God. Resolution may look like bumps and bruises that remind us to fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
Resolution may look like daily reminders of our own weakness, when we must choose to believe that God is greatest, and He knows best because we don’t have any other options. Resolution may look like the unwritten parts of the story where our only true hope is the goodness of God and the reality of eternity.
Perhaps that’s the only happy ending we truly need.
https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/12644-finding-joy-when-thestruggleisreal/day/7 -
The Five Solas
Listened to a great meditation podcast this morning where they mentioned the five solas, latin for “alone”, which I was unfamiliar with. The five solas are:
Sola Gratia – Grace alone
Sola Fide – Faith alone
Sola Christus – Christ alone
Sola Scriptural – Scripture alone
Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God alone.
In the process I learned a little more about the five solas and the Protestant reformation on a post from Concordia University
The Encounter podcast, a great way to start your day.
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Pursuing
There is nothing like pressing into His presence in pursuit of our portion through Him. There is nothing like pursuing the Provider.
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What’s so Good about Good Friday?
Courtesy of Passion via life.church Just one thing.
That the blood of Jesus
can reverse the curse of sin
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Prevention, redemption, resurrection
What we often hope for from God is prevention. In the face of the brokenness of the world, we want to be spared. Yet for reasons beyond our grasp, God chooses not to major in prevention. God opts for something stronger than prevention: redemption.
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Be Still
We settle for false securities, for a cheap refuge in the busyness and noise of life. We cling to temporary attachments and passing pleasures. But if we would ‘send it all across the river,’ and find ourselves alone, then we can wait.
And when we wait, we will find our salvation in God alone.
Take a moment. Be still. Wait upon the Lord.
