Category: Holy living
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Serve
The greatest among you will be your servant. Matthew 23:11 When I was young, my mama never hit me out of frustration or anger. Instead, she had these little sayings she’d say to warn me that a butt whooping was imminent. One of those sayings was “I can show you better than I can tell…
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Here’s why you act like “this”
I grew up in da church IDK WHY I ACT LIKE DIS Facebook post ~ Anonymous You confused “in church” with “in Christ.” You never got transformed in your thinking. You never crucify your flesh. Your gift is more activated for you than the Holy Spirit in you. You don’t read the word for yourself.…
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God is HOLY
In this new age, we have lost the reverence of God. We have made God common, regular, relegating God to just the things which comfort us. Father. Healer. Provider. Protector. Deliverer. We have placed Elohim on the same level as Zeus, Astarte, and any number of idols created by the hands of man. But Proverbs…
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A Time to Mourn
I think about the people I love who have died since 2016, and I start to understand all the intricate ways pain changes you. It’s stunning, breathtaking how insidious and small the incisions are. You barely realize what they are or where they come from til something rubs them—and that searing heat flashes so brightly…
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The Flesh That Hates, Part 2
I believe in angels and demons and oppression and possession and spiritual warfare. I believe the devil is the accuser, the roaring lion, the fallen star, the destroyer, thief, and killer. Alladat. BUT. Many are misled, crying and speaking in tongues and saying, “Satan, I rebuke you!” when they need to be rebuking THEMSELVES, lol.…
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The Folly of Faking It
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:1-2 I had this student who mastered the art of looking busy. You rarely saw him…
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I’m a… SLAVE 4 U
In the Baptist Church I grew up in, when we stand up to address the crowd, we always say, “Giving honor to God, who is the head of my life” or “To our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”. We say it all the time—so much so that it becomes a rote memory thing. I have…
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I’ve Got “Godfidence”
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. Em Jeremiah 1:10 confession. As I got up this morning, I started thinking about how proud I am of my students. It…
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Being Hard versus Guarding Your Heart: These are not the same!
Butterfly caterpillars create something called a “Chrysalis” – a hardened exoskeleton that protects it whilst it changes. It’s cellular structure has already prepared it for the changes to come, and once the process has ended successfully? You have a butterfly! Let’s talk about it. The word of God instructs us to guard our hearts above…