Posts Tagged ‘truth’
The Grief and Joy of Reconciliation
Reconciliation is more than diversity or inclusion. It encompasses more than understanding, accommodating, or even supporting. It certainly includes these things, but to limit our thinking on this issue to these concepts, does it an injustice. Reconciliation is restoration. It is difficult and it involves both grief and joy. If we can begin to comprehend…
Read MoreRemove My Impatience
Full disclosure. I don’t particularly like trials and I really don’t like affliction. Yes, I knew that would shock you. And another spoiler… I am not unique in this aversion to pain. I am often very impatient as I traverse these times in my life. In fact, my prayer usually goes a bit like this:…
Read MoreWorship | Lord of Hosts
If you’ve been following along, we are in week 5 of the Create Truth Art Challenge where we are currently studying Worship, and this week in particular reflecting on the Lord of Hosts as our place of refuge. This is the devotional part of it (the Truth Prompt). You can find the entire lesson, including this…
Read MoreWorship | Jesus Paid It All, All To Him I Owe
If you’ve been following along, we are in week 4 of the Create Truth Art Challenge where we are currently studying Worship and this week will reflect on the fact that Jesus paid it all for sinners like just like me and you. This is the devotional part of it (the Truth Prompt). You can find…
Read MoreWorship | 10,000 Reasons to Praise Him All Day Long
If you’ve been following along, we are in week 3 of the Create Truth Art Challenge where we are currently studying Worship and this is the devotional part of it (the Truth Prompt). You can find the entire lesson, including this devotion and the Creative Prompt, as well as all of the other weekly lessons in…
Read MoreWorship | All Glory Be To Christ
Welcome to week 1 of the Create Truth Art challenge. In these first few weeks of the challenge, we will be studying Worship and this week, in particular, the focus is on Christ, who is deserving of all the glory. The devotion part of the Challenge for week one is below (the Truth Prompt), but you…
Read MoreCreate Truth Art Challenge | Devotions and Art Prompts
As I was setting my super big goals for 2017, I ran across this quote on a friend’s Instagram account. “This year let us ask God to dissolve all our hopes into a single hope: to know Christ and to be found in Him. May this be the year to desire a radically transformed, deeper, truer,…
Read MorePrayer: 5 Reasons to Keep a Prayer Journal
We recently discussed twelve practical ways to improve our prayer lives. Keeping a prayer journal was the last one mentioned. Today, I want to dive into this discipline a little deeper. I have found that keeping a prayer journal has enriched my walk with God in several ways, and has actually become a tool to…
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