Tag: die to self
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Discipline: A Post About Discipleship
Before reading, click on the first pic then #swipeleft⬅️ Ahem. Follow along. When Christ was finna head on out, He said, “Make disciples of all the nations and teach them to obey all the things I taught you” (Matthew 28:19-20, paraphrased). A disciple is first a learner, who through deep study and questioning and time…
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Values and Beliefs and Feelings and Thoughts and Words and Behaviors: The essence of alignment
You are not what you say you are; you are what you believe and what you value. You will always act in accordance to what you really believe and have found worth in, thereby demonstrating what is true to you. Even when that runs contrary to what that mouth do.🫢 Side note but importantly so:…
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Learning to Lead While I Follow
All my life I have been a process person who taught processes to people because I can make any process make sense to any person willing to engage in a process (note I said ENGAGE—can’t make anybody do anything, your kids at school included). It is what has made me effective as an educator. Not…
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The Importance of Integrity
#TestimonyforToday: for the past few months, God has been dealing with concerning my level of Integrity. Integrity is the idea of doing the right thing for the sake of doing right-despite it being easier to do the wrong thing. After a huge breach of trust with someone whom I love dearly, I began to see…
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The Accountability That Comes with The Blessing
It’s so easy to hide inside the lives we have created for ourselves, selfishly clinging to the little happiness squeezed out of dry bones brittle from the abuse and neglect of this world. It is so easy to venture out into the wilds of where you live just to make enough money to run home…
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Kindness, Clarity, and Encouragement – #12
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 People think meekness is bad. I say, meekness is the move. When you can live in a space of self restraint, to humble yourself willingly? You’re the most powerful person in the room. One of the blessings of promise, you’re guaranteed earthly inheritance……
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Only God Can Judge Me
I am part of a generation who defend ourselves and our decisions at all costs. We say stuff like “only God can judge me” and “don’t judge my struggle.” And while there’s a hint of truth in that—Jesus took our judgement on the cross and we all fall short—there’s also some deception in that that…
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130 Days into Deliverance: A Reflection on Rage
I try to keep it a clear and smooth 💯 at all times cuz I believe telling the truth and being my authentic self is key to me being a good kingdom citizen and representation of the body of Christ. So I’m marking this day, May 22, 2022, as 126 days into a difficult road…
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The Pressure to Perform
I don’t know when it happened or how but… I found myself stuck like chuck a few months ago. Like, on complete and utter pause trying to figure out why I was so miserable, so tapped out. I wanted to tear my hair out! But the Lord is nothing if not merciful and kind, so…
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Discipline and Depth
Lots of people are looking for the ESOTERIC in God, meaning that you want Daniel and John the Revelator encounters. You want the secret things. Let me be clear: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. As God trusts you, God will show you things. The price is high, though. It costs the crushing, the beating,…
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