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    Getting Fired Taught Me a Frightening Lesson

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    I got fired about fifteen years ago for a lack of integrity as a Christian. At least that was the charge leveled at me, though I received no concrete examples of poor behavior, nor could I think of any. I was a single mom of four girls and worked as instructor at the local state university as my main occupation.  In the mornings, in exchange for tuition for all four girls, I taught two hours of junior and senior English at a local private Christian school.  Right away I noticed that tension pervaded the school.  The principal seemed gracious, but…

  • Anxiety - Bathsheba - confession - David - freedom - hope - Nathan - regret - relationship - Shame & Guilt

    Release from Regret: Recapture your Hope

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    There is no regret in the kingdom of God, but that doesn’t mean we don’t struggle mightily with it.  I imagine David after the prophet, Nathan, informs him that his son from Bathsheba will die because of his sins of murder and adultery.  His chief regret, I assume, is that the consequences of his actions have affected more than just himself.  I cannot imagine David’s horror as he watches his son die, knowing that his sin caused it.  But after the child passes, David leaves his grief and goes to resume his duties on behalf of Israel.  To the heart…

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    How To Get Out Of Your Own Way

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    Years ago, the Lord gave me a vision of a woman.  Inside of her was a barren world with dead trees and storm clouds in a desert landscape.  Outside of her was a mirror image of the same landscape with the same clouds, dusty terrain, and blackened trees.  I struggled with the metaphor for a bit and then the words of Ed Smith, the founder of Theophostic prayer ministry came to me.  The basic principle is this: What you feel is what you believe, and what you believe might as well be true, because the results will be the same. …