Tag: Grace
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Whatsoever Things: A Stumble Around Grace
When I consider my relationship to William Spencer through a lens now being cleansed by tears quite hot and abrasive, I think about how the word of God says “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of a good…
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Rest for the Rest
The word for this year that the Lord gave ME is REST. And look what popped up! Specifically, In my Spirit I saw these words: If you do not Rest, you cannot RESET for the REST. #TheGreatReset Many of us struggle with rest because rest as a concept has been tied to the physical act…
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Joyous Kwanzaa, Day 7: IMANI
True believers understand that salvation is a deed-less experience, that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. That we find redemption in receiving the forgiveness purchased by the blood shed on the cross. But there IS another step thereafter. That same faith, when fully formed through the hearing of the word, produces…
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Kindness, Clarity, and Encouragement – #98
Listen. LISTEN. This last 2 years. BOOIIIIII. But I never have lost my faith in GOD or the fact that He has a purpose for me and my children’s children. So I have labored to rest, and I press from within His rest. I’ve had to cry.I’ve had to sit down.I’ve had to admit defeat.I’ve…
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“Things I Left Behind” : A Year End Reflection
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 KJV The 2022 version of this thing…
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Tis the season for FORGIVENESS
God has had me in a season of #forgiveness. I have been reliving some very ugly experiences—things that people who “love” me said and did without apologies or even remorse (like they believe they are right to this day), how I ended up where I ended up so far from home and dreams, the shame…
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“Gratitude in Verse Form”
“Gratitude in Verse Form”by: Kisha GreatJoy Spencer Grateful to God for all the switchesHow He pulls me out these ditchesWon’t let me these knock bitter witchesWishing that I took an LThese folks is steady outchea playing But instead of fighting I keep prayingHis presence pressed here and I’m stayingCuz I know God does all things…
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Embrace the suck
The first time I read the phrase embrace the suck, I was actually reading an article about…parenting? War? Marriage? Work? Being black in America? I don’t even remember. I just remember the phrase catching my eye. It was one I’d never heard or read before, and it resonated deep in my chest. I had to…
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God IS: A meditation on immutability and holiness
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 So. I am reading a bible plan on my bible app that focuses on Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish New Year. The reason I started reading it was because it is titled “A Call to Repentance”. I am enjoying learning from it because it…
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Eye Crusties
The world would be a much better place if we stopped focusing on “tattling” to God about others and focused on receiving healing in our minds, hearts, and bodies through Christ. Matthew 7 says: Keep judging folks and see where that gets you—judged by the SAME MEASUREMENTS you judging with. Uh huh, let’s see if…
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