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Posts tagged envy Mortifying Envy Social media is a place to design our lives. We can add filters, take the right pictures, craft the right words, set up the perfect flat-lay—we have the power to rewrite our lives in front of… Read More

“They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living—and they slander you. They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.” 1 Peter 4:4-5 Reflect It seems these days we are in an era to where slander seems to be the […]

“The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn…” […]

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 Reflect I’m often surprised at how quickly I can tumble down into a pile of emotions and wallow in them like a pig. Even once I recognize my mistake, I’m tempted […]

“But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the […]

Posts tagged Comparison Mortifying Envy Social media is a place to design our lives. We can add filters, take the right pictures, craft the right words, set up the perfect flat-lay—we have the power to rewrite our lives in front of… Read More Battling Prideful Comparison Comparison: the thief of all joy. Although comparison is […]

“Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, […]

“Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the LORD, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.” Jeremiah 2:12-13 Reflect I’m not sure why I continue to be surprised […]

“Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, but you are the same, and your years have no […]

“For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.” 2 Chronicles 29:15 REFLECT The fathers of our faith—Noah, Abraham, Moses, David—these men were constant movers and travelers. They were never settled, they never felt fully at ease, […]