Tag: faith
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For His Name
Psalm 23:3b “He leads me along the right paths, for His name’s sake.” “I will set in the desert the cypress…that they may see and know…that the hand of the Lord has done this.” – Isaiah 41:19-20 Have you ever seen something out of place or where it didn’t belong? I always chuckle when…
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Strengthen My Hands
Based on Nehemiah 6:9 But now, O God, strengthen my hands For I’m weary, and there’s work to be done. I know new mercies are promised each day At the rising of the sun. But now, O God, Strengthen my hands For the night seems very long. Sustain me, restore me, O God, I implore…
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He is Good
“Safe?… Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.” As a young adult, I read these lines from Lewis’s Narnia series. One of the greatest struggles in the early years of my life had been questioning the goodness of God. I’d already seen the bodies of adults and children destroyed by…
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The Error of Emotion in Worship
This article was first published in the first edition of the Become. Journal. When I was about twelve years old, I was incredibly excited that I was old enough to go to the “cool” church worship service. Let me give you some context. This was the mid to late 90s, and most of the churches…
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He Restores My Soul
Psalm 23:2-3 “He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.” “He restores my soul.” For most of my life, these words tied my stomach in knots. I struggled with the meaning of the word restoration. Anyone who has worked with kids has probably said, “Put…
From Ashes to Glory 