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Butterfly Christianity

Butterfly Christianity

How do you spend your time? What do you do in your free time? What kind of a Christian are you? Yes, these are some deep questions, but they’re worth pondering on. Charles Spurgeon preached about Butterfly Christianity. You’d think he was talking about it in a good way…like a butterfly, Christian would be one who is developing and becoming a person of grace. But no. Quite the opposite, actually. Spurgeon writes, “My dear friend, Dr. Taylor, of New York,…

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How to Face the Future with Joy and Positive Anticipation

How to Face the Future with Joy and Positive Anticipation

Today, I want to share a few quotes about encouragement. When God has called you to do something, he will make it happen. It is not about your strength, power, and wisdom (or lack of them). It is about God and his abilities. Then we can face the future with joy and positive anticipation. It’s easier said than done, you say. Yeah, it might be so. Just remember to focus on God and you will thrive. Amy Carmichael has said,…

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How to Keep Yourself in God’s Love

How to Keep Yourself in God’s Love

Do you know how to keep yourself in God’s love? This is an important question because only in his love do we feel safe and secure, happy and blessed. And his love is the rightful and most joyful place for all his children. Hence we need to know how to stay there. Only when we remember God’s goodness, do we dare to wait for God. The letter of Jude guides us this way: But you, dear friends, by building yourselves…

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Desperate for God?

Desperate for God?

Are you desperate for God? Guess what? Good for you! When we are desperate for God, we are at the beginning of something good because all beautiful things start with surrendering to God. When we think we don’t need God, we get lost. But when we are desperate for God taking over our lives, we are on the right path. I’m desperate, Lord! I throw myself upon you,for you alone are my God!My life, my every moment, my destiny—it’s all…

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Safe and Secure in God’s Grace

Safe and Secure in God’s Grace

Do you need some encouragement on your faith journey? This post is for you. I want to assure you that as a child of God, you are safe and secure in God’s grace. Your future is in God’s hands. And his grace is greater than anything your ever face. Grace always wins. So rest assured, all is well, also in your life. It might not look like it. But trust God. He knows what he is doing. You can count…

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Living in Fear is Optional

Living in Fear is Optional

Today I want to remind us living in fear is optional for children of God. Sometimes we think there is no choice available. But there is in Jesus. So do not live under the privileges of God’s children. When we are in Christ, we are not slaves, we are heirs of God Almighty. And that does change everything. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your…

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God Is My Upholder

God Is My Upholder

This past week has proved to me how weak my strength is. I guess you don’t need a tropical disease to drive that point home but that’s what happened to me. I was weak – and still in some ways am – weak like a kitten. No strength to plan, organize or execute any kind of plan when sleeping is all you are able to do. But thankfully I have a helper and ally because God is my upholder as…

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A Rich Relationship with God

A Rich Relationship with God

There are only a few days left of this year and our thoughts are turning toward the new year. How should we approach it? What kind of resolutions should one make? How could we end this year well and start the new year even better? Valid questions and God will answer them when we take time to prayerfully consider them. My goal for next year (and the rest of my life) is to have a rich relationship with God. And…

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Let Grace Fill Your Heart with Joy

Let Grace Fill Your Heart with Joy

Does grace fill your heart with joy? I hope so. We can already live the life of the Spirit here on earth. Do not settle for anything less. Because joy is a gift from God and it has nothing to do with circumstances. But it has everything to do with Jesus. Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.    You guard all that is mine.The land you have given me is a pleasant land.    What a wonderful inheritance!(Ps.16:5-6, NLT) The…

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Clothe Yourself with Strength

Clothe Yourself with Strength

Do you live as a child of God? Or do you still insist on passing on God’s gifts to you? This might sound funny, but we often refuse God’s blessings because we either think we don’t deserve them or don’t dare to receive them because others might be jealous of them. Crazy, right? Who are we to refuse anything God wants to give to us? God knows best so we should say “yes, please” to anything he suggests for us….

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