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No Unemployment Lines Here {Living and Leading Like Jesus Study}

So glad to see you back here with us for week two: Luke Chapter 10 of our Bible Study, Living and Leading Like Jesus! Come on in with us! {Read: Luke 10: 1-7} 2) He told them, “The harvest is...

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Go All In {Bible Study: Living and Leading Like Jesus}

Read Luke 10:25-37 Focus: Luke 10: 27, 37 27) He answered: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”; and, “Love your...

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A Shot of Adrenaline

Do you see what this means–all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running–and never quit! No extra spiritual...

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The Game of Life: Follow the Leader

    As we headed through the hall, she wanted to lead. She didn’t know where I was going, but she felt she knew and wanted to lead anyway. For a little while she was going where I was headed but as...

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Creation: A Love Story

  The book of Genesis begins with “God created the heavens and the earth” The world—and you—are not products of blind chance and probability; God created it and us. They are here. We are here. God...

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I Am Second: The Movement

What a beautiful picture of freedom in Genesis 2:25: Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame…. Absolutely nothing hidden. Honesty with themselves, each other and best of all...

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Clout: Discover and Unleash Your God-Given Influence – Jenni Catron

Clout. We all have it. Your clout is your God-given power and influence. You are uniquely made by God. When we discover and unleash our God-given influence – our clout – we position ourselves to lead...

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When Things Don’t Go As Planned

Sometimes things don’t go as planned. T’s crossed. I’s dotted. You even prayed about it and was sure things were going your way. There was peace. There was joy. And then the door slammed shut. Hard....

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Reclaiming Eve: The Identity and Calling of Women in the Kingdom of God

I had the privilege of reading Reclaiming Eve:The Identity and Calling of Women in the Kingdom of God. Visit HERE to get your copy, today! To be invited in the blog tour was a blessing, but it was...

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Gaining Intimacy With GOD

I love the sermon we had at church this Sunday. I was so inspired because I passionately crave closeness with my Lord. I love slow dancing through my life with Him. I deeply long for intimacy with...

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The Real Deal

We have an expression that says, “She’s the real deal.” What we mean when saying this is the person is really who they are appearing to be. They aren’t trying to convince you that they’re someone...

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Family of Jesus

Like the family of Jesus, you are not forgotten. He has plans and a purpose for your life. He looks your way. -Karen Kingsbury Filed under: Bible Study, encouragement, GOD, Inspirational, Jesus, Launch...

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Facebook: Online Mission Field

Facebook has more than 1 Billion members, which by population makes it the third largest country in the world — somewhere between India and the United States(Phil Cooke) Who’s sending missionaries to...

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Be a Trailblazer

All of our actions begin in the imagination. We think it, and then act on those thoughts. I was recently working on a project that I haven’t worked on in quite some time. I found myself amazed at the...

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Chosen

   Chosen is such a powerful word. Especially when you think about it’s opposite: rejected.  Rejection is that thing we all fear, and we’ve all experienced at one time or another.  I bet just the...

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YOU are the equipment {Live and Lead Like Jesus Bible Study}

He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. If people do not welcome you, shake...

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Miracles Come From Broken Things {Live and Lead Like Jesus Bible Study}

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the...

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Note To Self: You’ve Gotta Go

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their...

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Our Greatness Is Measured By Surrender {Live and Lead Like Jesus Bible Study}

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the...

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It’s Not Always Easy But It’s Always Worth It {Live and Lead Like Jesus Bible...

Week one of our Bible Study: Living and Leading Like Jesus is complete. What a great study this week!! We’ve gone through all of Chapter 9 in 5 days! We are having a great time with my two online...

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My Choice: My love Supremely (or how to mess up crap)

In Luke 14:25-35, Jesus is saying that if we do not love Him supremely, more than our family and more than our own lives, we cannot be His disciple. There is no half-way measure. Not all believers...

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Come Home, Runaway

“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I...

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The Need To Impress

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in The Lord is kept safe. Proverbs 29.25 The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in GOD protects you from that. Fear. Fear. Fear. The...

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Public Relations 101: the spiritual battle

As we look at Luke 20:1-8, we see Jesus rocking it out at public relations as He always did. It’s Passion week at this point. Jesus has already made His triumphal entry at the end of Chapter 19. The...

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Life On The Edge

Around 1406 B.C. God brought His people to the edge of the land He had promised to their ancestors, and Moses handed leadership of the nation over to Joshua. After 40 years of wandering in the...

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A Boss or a Leader {Which one are you?}

Leaders remember: you’ve got to live it to lead it Just a short post today as I ponder leadership. There is a difference between a boss and a leader… Anyone can be bossy, but not everyone can be a...

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Work and Worship

Today God Is First “One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike” Rom 14:5 Avodah (Ah´-voe-dah) is a Hebrew noun used in the Bible that has two distinct...

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I’m Not Ready!

Today God is first…. “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness'” 2 Cor 12:9 If there is one thing that is consistent throughout scripture, it is...

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Trusting the turn-by-turns

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21 We hear a lot about how so few are surrendering to following...

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Made For Heights

The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights” Habakkuk 3:19 The book of Habakkuk inspired Martin Luther’s reformation and the book...

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Hebrews: The Nearness of King Jesus

I’m such a Bible geek. I love studying scripture. Can’t get enough. I never tire of reading the Bible; it’s the Lord’s love letter to His children. Another thing I love is telling others about...

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Two Steps To Begin Using Influence Wisely

Influence. We all have it. We are impacting those around us all the time. This is a great thing when we learn to use the influence God has given us wisely. We start by learning the art of speaking and...

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Making A List And Checking It Twice

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1John 4:7-8) As much as I try or even want to love on my own strength, I...

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Dare To Be

Then He said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life...

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We are constantly influencing those around us. Whether our sphere of influence is a church, a Bible Study group, co-workers, our spouse, children, family, online and social media community, or a class...

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Obedience With A Cost

Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble upon this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all. – Exodus 5:23 Have you ever felt like you have been obedient...

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Overcoming

It happened. We got “the call” about our daughter serving overseas. She got sick. And not just sick. The go-to-the-hospital-kind-of-sick. There’s one thing you’ll notice about our family: When...

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Come out, come out wherever you are….

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord….”‭‭ Colossians‬ ‭3:23‬ ‭  We are all in missions. Some are called to foreign lands. Some are called to the jungles of the...

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Bringing balance in our conversations

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone....

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You Belong

There’s a battle happening all around us -a battle for your heart, for your mind, for your soul. But greater is the One living inside of you than the one who is living in this world. Our enemy comes...

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