“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.”
—Colossians 2:6-7
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A Little Sleep
The principle of neglect is universal: if you stop paying attention to the lawn, the weeds are going to take control. If you don’t change the oil in your truck, eventually the engine will seize. If you don’t get the…
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Guide Your Heart
We are so often told to follow our heart, and it can be very tempting to do so. But the Lord warns us, “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked”.
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Rest
Life doesn’t often give us opportunity for rest. But Jesus offered it any time, all the time. It’s not just the “kick your feet up and relax” kind of rest, though that sure can be nice sometimes. But when life…
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Rooted
We received Christ by faith, we must continue to walk with Him by faith. We must stay rooted in Him. Immovable. Stable. Strong. “Strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.”
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Striving
Some might consider a person who backs away from confrontation a coward. The Proverbs say he is worthy of honor. To back away may actually be the brave thing to do.
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Change
I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells.
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Like a Docile Lamb
Jeremiah had been given so much revelation by the Lord. We too, we have the entire Scripture; even more so, the veil taken away in Christ, the Holy Spirit to teach, and we glory in knowing the one true and…
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Called out of Darkness
We have been called out of darkness into His marvelous light. The darkness in us, completely overwhelmed and illuminated by the light of Christ. Yet a dimness remains. Seasons in the valley of the shadow of death. Dark times. Hard…
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Weak Love
We are told to “love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, with all our strength”. While this is super simple, it is extremely difficult. We are weak. Extremely weak. Yet…
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